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.

Deerswood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ifield

Historical Forms

  • Deresworthe in Ifeud

Etymology

Deerswood is the place called Deresworthe in Ifeud (n.d. AD ii).'Dēor 's worþ,' or 'enclosure.' Cf. IPN 168 n.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement