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.

North Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Hilton

Historical Forms

  • Northwood 1544 Hutch3
  • Northwoode, (claus' voc') Northwodde 1602 AddCh
  • Norwood Copse 1842 TA

Etymology

( lost , ST 756055 ) , 1811 OS , Northwode 1399, Nort (h )wode 1400Ilch , Northwood 1544 Hutch3, Northwoode , (claus 'voc ') Northwodde 1602AddCh , Norwood Copse 1842TA , v. norð , wudu .