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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.

Ewood (Hall)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Ewewood 1548 Testvi
  • Ewewood Hall 1647 HAS 1648 WillS
  • Great Ewewood, little Ewewood 1648 ib
  • Ewodd 1572 HAS
  • Ewood 1595 SessnR 1747 Arm
  • Ewood Hall 1817 M
  • Ewwodd 1537 WillY
  • Ewwood 1616 PRHept

Etymology

Ewood (Hall), Ewewood 1548 Test vi, Ewewood Hall 1647 HAS 39, 27, 1648 WillS, Great Ewewood , little Ewewood 1648 ib, Ewodd 1572 HAS 39, 12, Ewood 1595 SessnR, 1747 Arm, Ewood Hall 1817 M, Ewwodd 1537 WillY, Ewwood 1616 PRHept. 'Yew wood', v. īw , wudu , cf. Ewood Hall 181infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement