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.

Westland Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Exton

Historical Forms

  • Westerlant 1373 For
  • Westland 1634 Terrier
  • Westland Woode 1610 Speed
  • Westland Wood 1715,c1800,1806 Map

Etymology

'The western land', v. wester , land .