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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Westwood

Historical Forms

(to) Westwuda 987 KCD658 12th

Westwode 1086 DB

Overwestwode, Nether Westwode 1363 Inqaqd

Etymology

Self-explanatory. Upper and Lower Westwood still exist.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name