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.

Ellwood

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Elwoodes 1635 For

Etymology

, 1618SPDom 4 , 1634FF , Elwoodes 1635For , probably ' elder wood ' , v. elle(r)n , wudu , cf. Ellwood (69supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement