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.

Meanwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leeds

Historical Forms

  • Lameenewude 13 Kirkst
  • Menewode 1252 YDvii
  • (the) Meanewo(o)dsyde, Meanewo(o)dside 1584 PRLds 1590 WillY 1657 WillS

Etymology

Meanwood, 1792 PRAdel, Lameenewude 13 Kirkst, Menewode 1252 YD vii, (the ) Meanewo (o )dsyde , Meanewo (o )dside 1584 PRLds, 1590 WillY, 1657 WillS. 'The common wood', v. (ge)mǣne, wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name