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.

Prestwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ifield

Historical Forms

  • Prestewodehae 13th ADi
  • Prestewode 1312 ADi

Etymology

Prestwood is Prestewodehae 13th AD i, Prestewode 1312 AD i.'Priests' wood.' hae may be OE  (ge)hæg.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement