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.

Fennells Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chipping Wycombe

Historical Forms

  • Fenelgrove by Wycombe 1391 Pat

Etymology

The origin of this name is from a conveyance of land in Wycombe in 1283 by Roger Taylor of Little Marlow to Robert FitzNeel (FF from VCH ).