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.

Spoilbank Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of South Mimms

Etymology

. This is the site of a ' spoilbank ' or heap of refuse formed at the time of the construction of the railway c. 1842 .