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.

Woodrow (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Haselbury Bryan

Historical Forms

  • Woodrow 1774 Hutch1
  • Gt Woodrow, Woodrow ground 1838 TA
  • Woodrowe 1580 SPDom 1607 DROMap

Etymology

Woodrow (Fm) (ST 741098), Woodrow 1774 Hutch1, Gt Woodrow , Woodrow ground 1838TA , Woodrowe 1580SPDom , 1607DROMap , 'row of trees', v. wudu , rāw , cf. Woodrow in Fifehead N. par. supra .