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.

Mean Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whiteparish

Etymology

Mean Wood is Menewode 1270, t. Ed 2, t. Ed 3, Manewode t. Ed 2For . 'Common or boundary wood,' v. (ge)mæne. The wood lies near the county boundary.