Woodmansey
Major Settlement in the Parish of Beverley
Historical Forms
- Wod(e)manse 1289 YI 1290 Pat 1297 LS 1512 FF
- Woodmancy 1573 BM
- Woodmansey 1577 BevRec
Etymology
The first element is OE wuduman , ME wodeman 'woodman' (perhaps a forester belonging to Beverley Parks infra ). The second may be either ea 'stream' or OE sǣ 'pool'; the absence of a medial e which one would expect in a genitive and the fact that the nearby Sicey (supra 201) contains sǣ suggests the latter.