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.

Woodhouse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Wodehous 1335 Ch
  • Woodhouse, Woodhowse 1547 1557 MaryP 1813 EnclA
  • the Wood Houses 1731 Kendiii,226

Etymology

Woodhouse, Wodehous 1335 Ch, Woodhouse , Woodhowse 1547MinAcct , Views , 1557MaryP 19et freq to 1813EnclA , the Wood Houses 1731 Kend iii, 226. 'House in the wood', v. wudu , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site