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.
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Fitz Woods
Fitz Woods
Other OS name in the Parish of Brigham
Historical Forms
Fitts-Wood
1794
H
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is
Fitts
-
Wood
1794 H . v.
fit
, ' meadow . '
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Ellerbeck
Other OS name
The Fitz
Fitz Mill
Major Settlement
Brigham