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.

Woodsfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Powick

Historical Forms

  • Wrdesfelda Hy1 Pat 1377 FF 1251
  • Wordefeud, Wordfeld 1249 FF 1291 Tax
  • Wordesfeld 1275 SR 1417 ADvi
  • Wodisfield, Woodsfield 1541 LP 1628 QSR

Etymology

Here, as in Wordley supra 37 we seem to have an OE  pers. name W (e )orð . Hence, 'Weorth's open land,' v. feld .