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.

Phillis Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Treyford

Historical Forms

  • Phillswood 1627 Wills

Etymology

Phillis Wood is Phillswood in 1627 (Wills), which suggests that its associations are really masculine rather than feminine.

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement