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.

Haywood Oaks

Major Settlement in the Parish of Haywood Oaks

Historical Forms

  • bosco de Heywud' 1237 Cl
  • Heywod(e) 1333 SR 1335 For
  • Haywod(e) 1287,1330,1335 c.1300 Wollaton 1390 Pat

Etymology

'Enclosed or fenced-in wood,' v. (ge)hæg. Cf. Heywood (PN Sr 89, PN W 149). This is a small parish in Sherwood Forest. It was formerly extra-parochial.

Places in the same Parish

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