English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Riding Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of High Hoyland

Historical Forms

  • Riding Wood Shroggs 1842 TA

Etymology

, Riding Wood Shroggs 1842TA , v. rydding ' clearing ' , scrogge ' bush,brushwood ' .