Weston Underwood
Major Settlement in the Parish of Weston Underwood
Historical Forms
- Westune 1086 DB
- Weston(e) 1154–9,1159–66,1162–82,c.1200 Darley 1229 Ch 1346 Pat
- Weston Underwod(e) 1301 FF 1386,1391 Cor 1411 DbCh 1415 DuLaMB
Etymology
'West farm', v. west , tūn , later distinguished as 'under the wood, within the wood', v. under , wudu , cf. Underwood supra 401. Cf. Weston upon Trent infra 511.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Brewards Carr
- Brick-kiln Covert
- Bullhurst Hill
- Burland-green Lane
- Calder Well
- Chilla Car
- The Clives
- The Clouds
- Cocks-hut-hill
- Draycott Plantation
- Frost Covert
- Hall Close
- Highfield Barn
- Hollybush
- Hunger Hill
- Leasues
- Marples Plantation
- Merry Wood
- Mill Ho
- Moseyley
- Nether Weston
- Newlands
- Northfield Plantation
- Salts Plantation
- Sugar Loaf
- Taghole Lane