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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hound Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Winterslow

Historical Forms

  • Hundewude 1275 Ipm

Etymology

Hound Wood is Hundewude 1275 Ipm, Hundewode 1279, 1331, Hundwode t. Ed 2For , 1337 Pat. 'Wood of the dogs or hounds' (OE  hunda wudu ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement