English Place-name Society

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.

Woolman's Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hedsor

Historical Forms

  • Wolmans 1509 LP

Etymology

Probably OE  wylfena-hamm , 'she-wolves' enclosure.' The s is a modern corruption.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement