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.

Woodville Cottages

Other OS name in the Parish of Bideford

Historical Forms

  • Woodwill in Bedyford t.Jas1 ECP

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Woodwill in Bedyford t. Jas 1 ECP . ' Spring by the wood , ' v. Introd. xxxv .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement