English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Higher Smallwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • High Smallwoods 1798 BW
  • High Smallwood 1831 Bry

Etymology

, High Smallwoods 1798BW , High Smallwood 1831Bry , cf. Smalwode Heys 1497 ChRR , Smallwood Lane 1728BW , ' (lane and enclosures at) the narrow wood ' , v. smæl , wudu , (ge)hæg , lane , cf. Smallwood 316infra , Thurlwood supra .

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site