Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hay Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eversholt

Historical Forms

Heywode 1287 Ass

Etymology

'Enclosed wood' v. (ge)hæg, wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Eversholt

Early-attested site