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.

Prior's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Henham

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is probably named from the Prior of Dunmow who had land here in 1235(ib.) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement