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.

Woodhouse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Wdehuses 13 YDix
  • Woddhuses a.1228 YChvii
  • Wodhuys p.1241 ib
  • Wodehous 1285 KI 1296 YI 1333 Ch 1371 Baild
  • Wood(e)house 1563 PRBrn 1580 WillY

Etymology

Woodhouse, Wdehuses 13 YD ix, Woddhuses a. 1228 YCh vii, Wodhuys p. 1241 ib, Wodehous 1285 KI, 1296 YI, 1333 Ch, 1371 Baild, Wood (e )house 1563 PRBrn, 1580 WillY. 'House(s) in the wood', v. wudu , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name