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.

Sowood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sowodes 1334 YDi
  • Sowwood 1581 WillY
  • (the) Sowe Wood 1583 PREll 1616 YAS
  • Saw Wood 1771 M
  • Southwood 1817 M

Etymology

Sowood, 1653 PREll, Sowodes 1334 YD i, Sowwood 1581 WillY, (the ) Sowe Wood 1583 PREll, 1616YAS 76, 5, Saw Wood 1771 M, Southwood 1817 M. 'Sow wood', v. sugu , wudu . South - in the last form is an inverted spelling from the older forms of Sowood ii, 189supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name