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Woodhurst

Woodhurst proper noun: a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3176).

Proper noun

Woodhurst (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhursts)

  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3176).
  2. A community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
    • The first two runs were timed by Mr. H. J. J. Griffith, and the third by Mr. Arthur H. Woodhurst.1949 November and December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 367

Forms of Woodhurst

pluralWoodhursts

Origin of Woodhurst

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).

Questions about Woodhurst

What does Woodhurst mean?
Woodhurst means a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3176).
What part of speech is Woodhurst?
Woodhurst is a proper noun.

Words near Woodhurst in the dictionary

  1. woodhouseite
  2. Woodhouselee
  3. woodhouses
  4. Woodhull
  5. Woodhulls
  6. Woodhurst
  7. Woodhursts
  8. woodie
  9. woodie wagon
  10. woodie wagons
  11. woodier

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