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.

West Woodyates

Parish in the County of Dorset

Etymology

This small par., along with East Woodyates (in Cranborne hundred supra ), was joined to Pentridge par. in 1933. Early forms that may strictly belong under East Woodyates are included here.

Major Settlements