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.

Wood Eaton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Church Eaton

Historical Forms

  • Eyton 1292 BM
  • Wode(y)ton 1284,1334 Ass 1285 FA 1296,1300 Ipm 1441–62,1474 BM 1535 VE 16th Rental
  • Wodde Eyton 1553 Wills 1545 FF
  • Wudeton 1199 P
  • Wo(o)d(e) Eyton 1293 QW 1362 Banco 1370to1561 FF 1755 Bowen
  • Wood Eaton 1695 Morden 1834 O

Etymology

For the etymology v. Church Eaton supra , from which it is distinguished by the affix Wood .