Etymology

Woodbeck

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Today it means: A village in Rampton and Woodbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7778). Full definition →

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The story

From wood + beck, named after a farm purchased by the government for the site of a psychiatric hospital.

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