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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.

Haywood Plant

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Aywode, Eywode, Eywood c.1270,c.1282 For 1655,1691 Comm
  • Heywode c.1270 For
  • Eywood als. Heywood 1591 Deed
  • Haywood, Haywoods Eves 1770 Comm

Etymology

Haywood Plant, Aywode , Eywode , Eywood c. 1270, c. 1282For , 1655, 1691Comm , Heywode c. 1270For , Eywood als. Heywood 1591Deed , Haywood , Haywoods Eves 1770Comm . v. (ge)hæg 'enclosure, hunting enclosure', wudu , efes 'edge of a wood'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement