Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wodewehide 1311 FF 1431 FA

• (La) Wodewehyde 1422 Hutch3 p1483 Sheen

• Wydowhyde 1557 Hutch3

• Widdohyde 1609 Hutch3

• Widdow hide 1701 Hutch3

• Woodehid(e) 1566 Swan c.1586 Tres

• Woodheide 1568 Hutch3

• Woodhyde Lane 1603 Swan

• Woodhide 1721 Hutch3

• Woddie Hide, Woddy Hide 1591,1603 Swan

• Woodie Hide 1639 Hutch3

• Woody Hide 1774 Hutch1

• Woody Lane 1840 TA

Etymology

Woodyhyde Ctgs, Woodyhyde Fm (SY 974804) [ˈudiaid], Wodewehide 1311 FF, 1431 FA, (La ) Wodewehyde 1422 Hutch3, p1483Sheen , Wydowhyde 1557 Hutch3, Widdohyde 1609 Hutch3, Widdow hide 1701 Hutch3, Woodehid (e )1566Swan , c. 1586 Tres, Woodheide 1568 Hutch3, Woodhyde Lane 1603Swan , Woodhide 1721 Hutch3, Woddie Hide , Woddy Hide 1591, 1603Swan , Woodie Hide 1639 Hutch3, Woody Hide 1774 Hutch1, Woody Lane 1840TA , 'widow's hide of land', v. wuduwe , hīd , with lane , probably named from Hawise de Baschelville, the widow of Hugh Fitz Grip, who in 1086 DB held 116 hides in Do, including 3 virgates in Worth Mat. (VCHDo 346, 109); it would then be distinguished from the two manors held here in 1086 DB by Roger Arundel (op. cit. 99).