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.

Lawn Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bainton

Historical Forms

  • Raveneslund 1198 P

Etymology

Lawn Wood (6″) is so named 1825 O.S. This is probably a further case of confusion of ON  lundr and ME  launde , for this wood is perhaps to be identified with the Raveneslund of 1198 (P).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement