English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Little Woodend, Woodend, Woodend Ho & Woodend Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Little Woodend, Woodend 1831 ib

Etymology

, Little Woodend , Woodend 1831 ib , ' the locality where the wood was ' , v. wudu , ende 1 , cf. boscus de Stanlegh 1364Eyre , Stanley Wodde , Stanlegh Wodde 1503ChFor . Woodend was Middle Wood 1831 Bry . It was not at the end of the wood .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name