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Manhood End Farm is at SU 8401 (2.5"). The name's pretty clearly from OE for `common wood'. There are still occasional jokes about it in the Brighton Argus. ---rc --On 12 May 2005 16:22 +0100 Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > What has happened to Manhood? Though appearing on old maps, in books > about place-names and still existing in the names of institutions like > Manhood Community College, the name appears to be unknown to the Ordnance > Survey and is not on any modern map that I have access to. > > And, does it really contain -wood? > > Keith ---------------- Richard Coates Secretary, International Council of Onomastic Sciences (www.icosweb.net) Hon. Director, Survey of English Place-Names HoD, Dept of Linguistics and English Language Room Arts B135 School of Humanities University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9QH UK Phone +44 (0)1273 678522 Email [log in to unmask] OR [log in to unmask] Departmental Coordinator: Sarah Cuffe, [log in to unmask], +44 (0)1273 678116