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.

Wood Row

Early-attested site in the Parish of Methley

Historical Forms

  • Woodrawe (Lidyate) 1375,1404 MethMR 1592,1602 Meth
  • Woodrowe 1612 PRMth 1646 WillY

Etymology

Wood Row, 1771 M, Woodrawe (Lidyate )1375, 1404 MethMR, 1592, 1602 Meth, Woodrowe 1612 PRMth, 1646 WillY. v. wudu , rāw , 'row (of houses) near the wood'.