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.

Southwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Tiverton

Historical Forms

  • Suthwod' 1242 Fees789
  • South(e)wode 1330 SR 1378 IpmR

Etymology

is Suthwod '1242 Fees 789,South (e )wode 1330SR (p), 1378 IpmR .