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.

le Heyewode

Field in the Parish of Atlow

Historical Forms

le Heyewode 1345 Okeover

Etymology

le Heyewode 1345(perhaps'enclosurewood', v.(ge)hæg, wudu)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Atlow