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.

Mercer's Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodham

Etymology

Cf. L. i. 603, 'The Warden and Community of the Mystery of Mercers were seized of the Manors of Wotton and Ham'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement