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.

Haywood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mapleton

Historical Forms

  • Heywode 1353 DbCh
  • Heywodfeld 1431 1458 Okeover
  • Heywood(d) 1538,1571 Saltnsvii

Etymology

Haywood (6″), Heywode 1353 DbCh, Heywodfeld 1431 ib, 1458Okeover , Heywood (d )1538, 1571 Saltns vii. 'Enclosure wood', v. (ge)hæg, wudu .

Places in the same Parish