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.

Spry Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Thurnscoe

Historical Forms

  • Pry Wood 1764 Glebe
  • Spry Close & Holt 1844 TA

Etymology

, Pry Wood 1764Glebe , Spry Close & Holt 1844TA , probably the surname Spry , v. wudu , holt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement