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.

Wildwood Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hendon

Etymology

Wildwood Fm. Cf. The Weildes , Wildswoode , Weildswoode 1574 HendonSurv. 'Woodland,' v. Harrow Weald supra 53. For the present-day spelling v. Introd. xvii and cf. Wild Close in Hale (Ha), Weld , Weild Close corner 1670For , in the bounds of the New Forest.