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.

Woodhall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swine

Historical Forms

  • (la) Wodehalle 1286 Ch 1338 FF
  • (le) Wodhall(e) 1303 YI 1370 FF
  • (le) Wodhall(e) in Holdernesse 1347–67 YD
  • Wood(h)all 1599 FF 1611 YAJxi
  • Wodall in Holdernes 1557 NCWills

Etymology

Woodhall is (la ) Wodehalle 1286 Ch, 1338 FF, (le ) Wodhall (e )1303 YI, 1370 FF, (le ) Wodhall (e ) in Holdernesse 1347–67 YD, Wood (h )all 1599 FF, 1611 YAJ xi, Wodall in Holdernes 1557 NCWills.