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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from weald, "a wood," and ham, "a dwelling;" the adjunct stowe, "a place," distinguishing it from other Walthams in …
The Environs of London
… from the Saxon words, weald, a wood; bam, a manor; and Stowe, a place. Situation, and boundaries. Quantity of land, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Elizabeth, ii. 94 n. Nichols, Progresses, i. 924, 222; J. Stowe, Annals of England (1631 edn.), 613; Cal. S.P. Dom. …