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.

Hunster Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Rossington

Historical Forms

  • Hunster 1584 DoncD
  • Hunsterdyke 1533 DoncCrt
  • Hunster-Wood, -Holt 1839 TA

Etymology

, Hunster 1584DoncD 109, Hunsterdyke 1533DoncCrt 36, Hunster -Wood , -Holt 1839TA , probably ' hunter's plantation ' , v. hunta , storð .

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