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.

Allen Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aylesbeare

Historical Forms

  • Alynwod 1238 FF
  • Aylinewode 1242 Fees782
  • Aylingewude 1262 FF 1263 ADD7725
  • Aillenewode 1341 Ipm
  • Aylyng(e)wode 1346,t.Edw3 Ass
  • Allen Wood 1743 FF

Etymology

'Wood of Ægel or of his people,' v. ing . This must have been the same man who gave name to the parish.

Places in the same Parish