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.

Plockwoods

Early-attested site in the Parish of Helmsley

Historical Forms

  • Plocw(o)de 1232,1251 Riev

Etymology

v. wudu . The first element is not clear, but Professor Ekwall notes plock 'block of wood, log,' plockwood , the same (EDD).