Wychwood
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wychwood or Whichwood
Historical Forms
- Huiccewudu 840 BCS432 early11th
- Hwichewod 1230 P
- Hwicchewod' 1237 Cl
- Hucheuuode 1086 DB
- Huchewode 1316 Cl
- Wichewude 1185 P
- Wichewode to 1362 Cl
- Wichchewode 1217 Cl
- Whichwde 1205 Cl
- Wichlewude 1218 Cl
- Wigewde 1219 Fees
- Wuchewud 1230,2,3 Cl
- Wychwod 1231 Cl
- Wichwud 1247 Cl
- Wychwode 1266 Ch
- Whichewud 1231 Cl 1449 Eynsh
- Quichelwud 1236 Cl
- Whycchwod' 1247 Cl
- Whischewod' 1260 Fine
- Whicheswod 1275 Cl
- Whucchewode 1280 Cl 1284 Ch
- Whucchewod 1329 Cl
- Whytewode, Wytewude 1285 Ass
- Chicchewode 1298 Cl
- Whecchewode 1302 Cl
Etymology
'Forest of the Hwicce ,' v. wudu . “This name is the only surviving memorial of the people known as the Hwicce , who in the seventh century occupied the territory now represented by Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and the western half of Warwickshire” (F. M. Stenton, Anglo -Saxon England , 43). For the tribal name v. PN Wo xv.