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.

Woodside

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brougham

Historical Forms

  • Wodeside, Wodesyde Hy6 Rent 1462 Pat
  • (le) Wodsyd, (le) Wodside 1511 Lowth 1523 SheriffAcct4d
  • Woodsid(e), Woodsyde 1617 NWm 1670 CliffordL 1823 M

Etymology

Woodside, Wodeside , Wodesyde Hy 6Rent , 1462 Pat, (le ) Wodsyd , (le ) Wodside 1511Lowth , 1523SheriffAcct 4d, Woodsid (e ), Woodsyde 1617 NWm 59, 1670 CliffordLet freq to 1823 M. v. wudu , sīde ; the wood was probably Whinfell Forest.