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.

Northwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ruislip

Historical Forms

  • Northwode 1435 MinAcct 1437,1438,1441 Pat
  • Norwo(o)de 1565 Kings

Etymology

Northwood is Northwode 1435MinAcct , 1437, 1438, 1441 Pat, Norwo (o )de 1565Kings . This was originally the name of a wood and farm lying to the north of Ruislip, the present town dating chiefly from the construction of the railway c. 1880.