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.

Woodend

Major Settlement in the Parish of Woodend

Historical Forms

  • Little Blacolvesle 12th Survey
  • Parva Blakoluesl' 1275 RH
  • Wodeblakolesle 1247 FF
  • Wudeblakolvesle 1247 Ass
  • Wodeblacolveslee 1384 Cl
  • Wodende 1316 FA 1371 Cl
  • Wodendeblacolvesley 1420 FF
  • Woodende al. Woodblakesley 1522 LP
  • Wodynde 1539 LP

Etymology

Self-explanatory. It was originally a hamlet of Blakesley supra 39.

Places in the same Parish