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.

Westwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Westwodd(e) 1361,1488 Arm
  • Heighewestwodd(e) 1562 ib
  • Highewestwodd(e) 1574 WillY
  • Hywestwood 1639 WillY
  • Low Westwood 1659 WillS

Etymology

Westwood, Westwodd (e )1361, 1488 Arm, Heighewestwodd (e )1562 ib, Highewestwodd (e )1574 WillY, Hywestwood 1639 WillY, Low Westwood 1659 WillS, v. west , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site