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.

Corby Woods

Other OS name in the Parish of Wetheral

Historical Forms

  • silva mea de Chorkeby c.1185 Weth
  • boscum nostrum de Corkby c.1235 ib
  • (in) bosco de Corkeby 1279 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is silva mea de Chorkeby c. 1185 Weth, boscum nostrum de Corkby c. 1235 ib., (in ) bosco de Corkeby 1279Ass .