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Survey of English Place-Names

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Outwood

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • bosco forinseco 1305 WCRiii,184
  • (les) Outewode (boscum) 1436,1438 Testii 1492 MinAcct
  • Owtewoode 1543 WillY
  • the Outwood 1587 FF 1771 M
  • Outwoodside 1644 PRHrb
  • Wakefeild Outwoodside 1656 Pick
  • the Oute Woode of Wakefelde 1592 WillY
  • le Owtwoodside 1600 WCR5
  • Wakefield Owtwood 1607 Surv

Etymology

'The outlying wood', v. ūt , wudu .This was the great demesne wood of Wakefield manor lying north of the town, mentioned in DB.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site