Barnwood
Major Settlement in the Parish of Barnwood
Historical Forms
- Berneuude 1086 DB
- Bernewode 1164–79,1200,1215 Glouc c.1220 GlR 1263–8 Glouc 1287 Ass 1378 Works
- Bernwude, Bernwode 1086–7 Glouc 1221 Ass c.1230,1235,c.1270 GlR 1365 et freq
- Barn(e)wood 1535 VE 1589,1617 Dep
Etymology
Possibly 'wood near the barn' (v. bere-sern, wudu), but early medial -e - rather suggests the first el. is the OE pers.n. Beorna . This was the wood which doubtless also gave its name to Wotton St Mary (158infra ).