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.

Heywood Barnes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • Heywode 1260 Court
  • Haywode 1308 Ipm
  • Heywo(o)d 1665 Cre
  • Heywood Barnes 1519 AD 1817 Orm2
  • Heywood(es) Barnes alias vocat' Haywood, Heywood(es) Barnes alias vocat' Heywood 1547 MinAcct
  • Hawood Barnes, Hewood Barnes 1547 1558 AddCh

Etymology

Heywood Barnes (lost), Heywode 1260 Courtet freq with variant spellings Haywode (from 1308 Ipm), Heywo (o )d to 1665 Cre, Heywood Barnes 1519 ADet freq with variant spellings Haywood Barnes , Heywood (e ) Barnes , Heywoodes Barnes , Heywod Barnes to 1817 Orm2, Heywood (es ) Barnes alias vocat ' Haywood , Heywood (es ) Barnes alias vocat ' Heywood 1547MinAcct , Hawood Barnes , Hewood Barnes 1547ib , 1558AddCh , '(barns at) the fenced-in wood', v. (ge)g, wudu , bere-ærn.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site