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.

Sart Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Geddington

Historical Forms

  • Sort Coppes 1547 Pat
  • le Assart 1642 WoodsRept

Etymology

Sart Wood (6″) is Sort Coppes 1547 Pat, le Assart 1642 Woods Rept. This is the AFr  essart , 'woodland clearing.' See further PN D 634.

Places in the same Parish