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.

Under Woods

Other OS name in the Parish of Kennington

Historical Forms

  • tenementum Vnderwode 1396–7 ObAcc
  • tenementum Vnderwode juxta Baggl'e 1436–7 ib
  • tenementum Vnderwode in Kenyton' 1448–9 ib

Etymology

, tenementum Vnderwode 1396–7 ObAcc, tenementum Vnderwode juxta Baggl 'e 1436–7 ib, tenementum Vnderwode in Kenyton '1448–9 ib , probably named from the family of Thomas Undirwode , mentioned 1451 AD in connection with land in Kennington .