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.

Outwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burstow

Etymology

Outwood is so named in 1640 LBl, 1749 B. The name is defined by the NED as (1) a wood lying just outside a park or demesne, (2) the outer border of a wood or forest. Cf. le Outwod 1347 Misc (Bks).