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.

Woodhall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • (la) Wodehall(e) 1297,1307,1323 WCR 1316 Pat
  • Wodhall 1327 WCR 1392 MinAcct
  • Wodhallyhate 1407 WCR
  • Woodhall prope Wrenthorp 1617 Tayl
  • Woodhall in Newton 1653 ib

Etymology

Woodhall (lost), (la ) Wodehall (e )1297, 1307, 1323 WCR, 1316 Pat, Wodhall 1327 WCR, 1392MinAcct 88, Wodhallyhate 1407WCR , Woodhall prope Wrenthorp 1617 Tayl, Woodhall in Newton 1653 ib. v. wudu (here Outwood), hall ; the references make it clear that the hall was in Outwood.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site