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Plaitford
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Plaitford () is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Melchet Park and Plaitford, in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 4.9 miles (7.8 km) east from the village; the large village of West Wellow is immediately west of Plaitford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 195.
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- Test Valley
- Region
- England
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- United Kingdom
- Population
- 352
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- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 352
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Plaitford () is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Melchet Park and Plaitford, in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 4.9 miles (7.8 km) east from the village; the large village of West Wellow is immediately west of Plaitford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 195.
==Etymology== The name Plaitford is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Pleiteford. It takes its name from the Old English words * ("playing field") and ("ford"). Thus it once meant "ford beside the playing field".
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