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.

Huntley Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mapledurham

Etymology

Huntley Wood (6″) is so named c. 1840TA . Cf. Hontleye Hill and Croft 1375 Cooke. Probably 'Hunta 's wood or clearing,' v. (a)h.