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Oakfrith Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Urchfont

Historical Forms

  • Oakefrythe 1542 ib

Etymology

is Okfrygh 1460, Okesfrith 1487 NQ iv, Oakefrythe 1542 ib. v . ' Oak wood , ' v. fyrhðe .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement