Little Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chettle
Historical Forms
- littlen wde 935 ShaftR(S429) 15
- Little Wood (Down) 1839 TA
Etymology
Little Wood (ST 943133), littlen wde 935 (15) ShaftR (S 429), Little Wood (Down )1839TA , 'little wood', v. lȳtel , wudu . The early form occurs in the AS bounds of Tarrant H. par. supra .For other references to woodland in this par., v. foll. and the lost Hida infra .