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.

Wood Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bromborough

Historical Forms

  • Wood Lane 1831 Bry

Etymology

Wood Lane (lost, 109–350824 to 355827), Wood Lane 1831 Bry, cf. le Wodforlong 1412JRC and Wood Clints , Wood End & Wood Hay , Woods Meadow 1839TA , named from boscus de Brumburgh (e )1347, 1357ChFor , Brumburgh Wode 1348 Sheaf, Bromborough Woode 1551 ib, v. wudu , furlang , klint .