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.

Woodhouse Moor Rein

Other OS name in the Parish of Saxton

Historical Forms

  • Woodhowsemore 1570 FF

Etymology

, 1858 O.S. , Woodhowsemore 1570 FF , v. Woodhouse Grange supra , rein ' boundary strip ' ; the township boundary here follows a long ancient entrenchment ( 1 ″ O.S . 97 – 445370 ) .

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