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.

Kyrewood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tenbury

Historical Forms

  • Corewode 1275 Ass
  • Curewode 1275,1327,1332 SR

Etymology

'Wood on Kyre Brook,' v. Kyresupra 55.