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.

Gelt Woods

Other OS name in the Parish of Hayton

Historical Forms

  • Gelt wood 1295 Ipm
  • woode 1589 ExchKR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Gelt wood 1295 Ipm, (woode ) 1589ExchKR . For these names v. Gelt R. supra 14 .