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.

Pesthouse Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aynho

Historical Forms

Pest Ho 1823 B

Etymology

Pesthouse Wood preserves the name of the old Pest House in the neighbouring parish of Newbottle, marked Pest Ho in 1823 (B).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Smanhill Covert

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Aynho