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.

Woodland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Woodland

Historical Forms

  • Wodeland 1424 Exon 1436 Pat 1473 IpmR
  • capella de Woodland 1535 VE

Etymology

Self-explanatory. The parish was originally a chapelry of Ipplepen, and is thus rarely mentioned in early records.