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.

Astwood Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chaddesley Corbett

Historical Forms

  • Askewode 1505 MinAcct

Etymology

As this lies on the eastern boundary of the parish it is clear that this is 'east wood' and that the only early form is corrupt.