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.

Eastwood

Major Settlement in the Parish of Eastwood

Historical Forms

  • Nestuda 1086 DB
  • Estuudā 1086 DB
  • Estwuda 1181 P
  • Estwode 1232 FF 1241 For t.Hy3 RBE
  • Estwodeleye 1285 Ass
  • Estoe 1328 Banco
  • Estawe 1402 FA

Etymology

Self-explanatory. For DB Nestuda , cf. Nelmes and Noak Hill supra 114, 116. Estoe , Estawe may show a substitution of haga for wudu .