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.

Kitchen Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mountnessing

Etymology

Kitchen Wood (6″). Cf. Kechene (s )feld 1198, 1207 FF, Cuchenesfeld 1207 ib. OE  cycen and feld. This place is mentioned with the 'land of the Monks of Hame (i.e. West Ham)' and Cowbridge, which was part of the possessions of Stratford Langthorne Abbey. Cf. Kitchen Hall supra 37.