Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Rowheschetewyk c.1180 AddCh

• Rowessechotowyk 13 JRC

• Rowe Shetewyke H3 AddCh 14

• Rowechotewik 1272–80 JRC

• Rowescotewyke 1278 ib

• Roweschotewik 1284–8 ib

• Rowe Shotwick 1583 Orm2

• Rough Shotwick or Woodbank 1819 ib

• le bonk in Rowessechotowyk 13 JRC

• Wodebonc 1260 Court

• Wodebonk 1280 Surv 1327 ChRR 1347 ChFor

• le Wodebonk 1353 Indict

• le Wodebong e14 AddCh

• le Wodebonck 1340 Eyre

• Wodebanke 1272–80 JRC 1304 Chamb

• le Wodebanke 1284–8 JRC

• le Wodebank 1335 Pat 1349 JRC 1423 Pat

• the Wodebank 1499 Sheaf

• the Woodbank 1499 Orm2

• the Woddebanke 1512 ChRR

• Woodbanke 1553 Orm2 1579 Chol

• Wo(o)dbank(e) 1597 Orm2

• Woodbanke in Rogh Shotwick 1614 Orm2

• Woodbank, Woodbank Toll Bar 1831 Bry

• Woodbank Lane 1831 Hem

• 'two selions upon le bonk in Rough Shotwick' 13 JRC 1792

• 'the field of le Wodebong' e14 AddCh 66255

• 'the township of Wodebank' 1335 (15) Mont

• seven acres of land…upon our park of Shotwick, called Wodebank' 1399 JRC 1309

• 'two messuages and eighty acres of land in Rough Shotwick called the Woddebanke' 1512 ChRR

Etymology

'The rough, uncultivated, part of Shotwick', later, 'the hillside, the wooded hillside', v. rūh , banke , wudu , cf. Shotwick 206supra , Shotwick Park 210infra , from which the affix Rough - distinguishes this township. The Woodbank was originally the name of a place in Rough Shotwick . It is first mentioned in a grant of 'two selions upon le bonk in Rough Shotwick '13JRC 1792. Later contexts are 'the field of le Wodebong 'e14AddCh 66255, 'the township of Wodebank '1335 (15) Mont , 'seven acres of land … upon our park of Shotwick , called Wodebank '1399JRC 1309, 'two messuages and eighty acres of land in Rough Shotwick called the Woddebanke '1512 ChRR.Some of these suggest that Woodbank and Shotwick Park 210infra were originally together as Rough Shotwick .