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.

Foleys Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Oddingley

Etymology

This takes its name from Thomas Foley , who held the manor in 1661 (VCH iii. 459).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement