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.

Quickwoods

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • Quick Wood Roughs 1831 Bry
  • Wickwood Rough 1842 OS

Etymology

, Quick Wood Roughs 1831 Bry, Wickwood Rough 1842OS , ' (rough ground at) the live wood ' , v. cwicu , wudu , rūh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site