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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.

Wood Seats

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Wodsetes 1366 Hlm
  • Wodesetes 1383 Ipm
  • Wodesetus 1451 FA
  • Woodsettes 1419,1616 SheffMan
  • Woodseyts 1579 ib
  • Wood Seat 1771 M

Etymology

Wood Seats, Wodsetes 1366 Hlm, Wodesetes 1383 Ipm, Wodesetus 1451 FA, Woodsettes 1419, 1616 SheffMan, Woodseyts 1579 ib, Wood Seat 1771 M.'Folds or dwellings in the wood', v. wudu , (ge)set, cf. Woodsetts 150, Woodseats 241supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name