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.
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--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
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