Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wd(e)husa, Wd(e)huse 1160–74 YCh 1173 1175–86 ib

• Wudeusum 1170–7 YCh1569

• Whudehuse 1233–40 Bodl141

• Wudehus 1258 YI

• Wodehus(e) 1240 FF 1279–81,1293 QW

• Wodehuses 1252 YDvii

• Wodehous 1402 FA 1487 MinAcct

• Leedes Wodhouses 1293 YDxiii,75

• Leedes Wodhous 1342 Ext 1425 Rent 1506 Testiv

• Leedes Wodhos 1476 Linds

• Great Leedes Wodhos 1572 PRLds

• Gret Woodhouse 1539 TestLds

• litle Woodhouse 1591 WillY

• Lytle Wodhowse 1606 FF

Etymology

'Houses in the wood', v. wudu , hūs . Wudeusum has a trace of an older dat.pl. form in -um (as in Wothersome 179infra ).