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.

Woodhuish

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brixham

Historical Forms

  • Odehiwis 1086 DB
  • Wodehuwis' 1196 Cur
  • Wodehywis 1242 Fees767
  • Wodehywysch 1301 Ipm
  • Wudehiewis 1198 FF
  • Woodish 1779 Recov

Etymology

v. wudu , hiwisc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement