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.

Heycroft Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ipsden

Historical Forms

  • Haycroft 1303,1313 Bodl
  • Heycroftes wood 1581 Bodl

Etymology

Heycroft Wood (6″) takes name from Haycroft 1303, 1313Bodl .It is Heycroftes wood 1581Bodl . 'Hay Croft,' v. 135.