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.

Stanney Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Stanney

Historical Forms

  • Stanney Wood 1831 Bry
  • Stanaygraungewode 1365 JRC
  • the ould wood 17 Bun
  • The Woodlands 1785 ib

Etymology

Stanney Wood, Stanney Wood 1831 Bry, Stanaygraungewode 1365JRC , the ould wood 17Bun , The Woodlands 1785ib , v. wudu , ald , cf. The Grange supra . Part of this wood is in Little Stanney 181supra .