Forewood Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wootton Wawen
Historical Forms
- Forwode 1265 Misc 1296,1330 Ipm 1370 ADiv 1412 IpmR
Etymology
Forewood Fm (c. 1830 O.S.) is Forwode 1265 Misc, 1296, 1330 Ipm, 1370 AD iv, 1412 IpmR. The meaning must have been 'in front of the wood.' Cf. Farwood (PN D 622) and Fairfield (PN Wo 275–6). The site is identical with that of the present Wootton Hill Fm. There are woods to the west and north.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Austy Wood
- Botley Hill
- Crowley's Fm
- Edstone
- Henley in Arden
- Mockley Wood
- Offord
- Pennyford
- Raddington Fm
- Ullenhall
- Whitley Fm
Other OS name
- Alderhanger Wood
- Blackford Hill
- Cockshut Hill
- College Fm
- Deans Green
- Dry Leasows
- Fen Wood
- Gray Mill
- Heath Fm
- Hermitage Bridge
- Hobditch Copse
- Hole Ho
- Hunger Hill
- Hurst Ho
- Impsley Fm
- Knowles Wood
- Littleworth
- May's Hill
- Merryfield Fm
- Merryman's Hill
- Millhill Plantation
- Mount Pleasant
- Nutlands
- Silesbourne Fm
- Stoopers Wood
- Wawensmoor
- Woodfield Hill
- Wootton Park