Wood Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hemingbrough
Historical Forms
- Grimestorp 1133 YCh998
- W(u)dehalle sive Grimestorp 1186–94 YCh999,1000
- Wodhall 1285 KI
- Wodehall(e) 1312 Dunelm 1337 FF
- La Wodehalle 1298 Pat
- Woddall 1584 FF
- Woodhall 1529 FF
Etymology
Wood Hall was originally Grimestorp 1133 YCh 998, then W (u )dehalle sive Grimestorp 1186–94 YCh 999, 1000, and thereafter Wodhall 1285 KI, Wodehall (e )1312 Dunelmet freq to 1337 FF, La Wodehalle 1298 Pat, Woddall 1584 FF, Woodhall 1529 FF. Originally 'Grim 's village,' as in Grimthorpe supra 178.v. þorp . Cf. Woodhall supra 199.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bowland Ho
- Lund
- Newhay
- Turnham Hall
- Greengate Lane
- Bowthorpe
- Willow Garths, Willow Cottage
- Turn Head
- Babthorpe
- Hagthorpe