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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dodderhill

Historical Forms

  • Estw(o)d(e) c.1086 EveB 1190 Fees140 1212 RBE 1212
  • Astwude juxta Wychebaud 1270 Ipm
  • Astwode Roberti 1242 Fees960
  • Wylliesastwode 1271 FF
  • Astwode 1287 Ipm 1300 Pat

Etymology

Self-explanatory. It is in the east of the parish, near Wychbold. William Savage held land in Astwood in 1258 (Ipm).Astwood Roberti was another manor in this vill.