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.

Woodhouse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pensax

Historical Forms

atte Wodehouse 1327 SR

Woodhouse 1892 Kelly

Etymology

'House by the wood' rather than 'house of wood.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Pensax

Early-attested site