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.

Barn Wood Field

Early-attested site in the Parish of Audlem and Wrenbury

Historical Forms

  • Barn Wood Field 1842 TA
  • boscus qui vocatur Breidwood c.1130 Cott.Faust.Bviii 1479

Etymology

Barn Wood Field, Barn Wood Field 1842TA , boscus qui vocatur Breidwood c.1130 (1479) Cott . Faust. B viii (Orm2 iii 417 reads Brendwood , Dugd v 323 reads Brendewood ), Brandwood 13 (18), Barndwood , Barndwood ford by Weever 1334 (18) Sheaf3 28 (6138, 6156), 'burnt wood' v. brende 2 , wudu .