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.

Astey Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stagsden

Historical Forms

  • Estey 13th Newn 15th
  • Estheie ib. 17 b
  • Arsty Wood 1826 B

Etymology

'East enclosure' v. (ge)hæg. It is on the eastern boundary of the parish.

Places in the same Parish