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.

Woodcroft

Early-attested site in the Parish of Luton

Historical Forms

Odecroft 1086 DB

Wodecroft 1297 SR 1372 IpmR

Etymology

Self-explanatory. In DB it is an old hundred name and the identification is not certain.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Luton