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Survey of English Place-Names

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Heywood Fm & Heywood Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Audlem and Wrenbury

Historical Forms

  • Heywood Coppie 1542 Sheaf 1571
  • Heywoode Coppye 1547 MinAcct
  • Heywode c.1550 Surv
  • Hewod Copie 1560 Sheaf
  • Haywod Copie 1843 TAMap

Etymology

, Heywood Coppie 1542 (1571)Sheaf, Heywoode Coppye 1547MinAcct , Heywode c.1550Surv ,Hewod Copie 1560 Sheaf, Haywod Copie 1843TAMap , ' fenced-in wood ' , from (ge)hæg and wudu ( cf. prec. ) , with copis and lane .