Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Boiwode 1225 Cur

• Boywode 1328 DeBanco 1354 Ct

• Boywode 1372,1425,1445 ib

• Beywode 1422,1454 ib

Etymology

Boywood (lost), Boiwode (p) 1225 Cur, Boywode (p) 1328 De Banco, 1354Ct , Boywode 1372, 1425, 1445ib , Beywode 1422, 1454ib (OE  pers.n. Boia or the common noun *boya 'boy, servant' and wudu; cf. the comments under Boythorpe in PN Nf II 138); Boywodebrygge 1426Ct (v. brycg ); Boywodefelde 1494 AD, Boywoodfeld 1496ib , Beywodefeld 1499ib , Boywoodfylde 1536, 1537 Bodl, Baywood alias Boywood Field 1580Manor Map (v. feld ); Boywodegrene 1372Ct , 1494 AD, Boywood grene 1562Terr , Baywood Grene 1580Manor Map (a common, v. grēne 2 ); Beywodehow 1422, 1423, 1424Ct , Boywodehow 1423, 1424ib (v. haugr ); Boywodesti 1354Ct (v. stígr ); Nethere boywode 1372Ct , Nethyrbeywode 1426, 1429, 1443ib , Netherboywode Street 1459 AD; Ouerboywode 1423, 1424Ct , OverbeywoodStreet 1494 AD. Blomefield (VI 259) mentions a messuage called Leeches or Baywood as the site of the manor.