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.

Idlebush Barrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Woolstone

Etymology

, this tumulus is called hafoces hlæwe in charter bounds , v. Pt 3 . The modern name may contain īdel ' empty ' , with reference to attempts to find treasure in the mound .