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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.

Weaverwood Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Middlewich

Historical Forms

  • Weaverwood Fm 1831 Bry
  • Wood Farm 1842 OS

Etymology

Weaverwood Fm (110–664635), Weaverwood Fm 1831 Bry, Wood Farm 1842 OS, cf. boscus de Weuere 1353ChFor , Weuerewode 1367AddCh , 'the wood of Weaver', v. wudu , Weaver supra . This was part of the forest of Delamere.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement