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.

Shortwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bexhill

Historical Forms

  • sceorta wida 772 BCS208 c.1300
  • bosc. de Schortewođ 1288 Ass

Etymology

Shortwood (6″) is sceorta wida 772 (c. 1300) BCS 208, bosc. de Schortewođ 1288Ass . Self-explanatory.