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.

Oxey Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Helpston

Etymology

Oxey Wood (6″) is so named c. 1825 O.S., 1826 G. 'Ox enclosure,' v. (ge)hæg. Cf. Oxhey (Herts).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement