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.

Woodminton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bower Chalke

Historical Forms

  • Wudemanton 1255 RH
  • Wodemanton 1289,1305 Ass 1310 Pat 1456 IpmR
  • Woodmington 1773 AandD

Etymology

Woodminton is Wodmanton 1254, Wodemaneton 1276 St- Nicholas, Wudemanton 1255 RH (p), Wodemanton 1289, 1305Ass , 1310 Pat, 1456 IpmR, Woodmington 1773 A and D.'Woodman farm,' v. tun .