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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hay Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Bakewell

Historical Forms

  • Heywode 1251 LichChart
  • Haywood or Highwood 1719 ShefLxC

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Heywode 1251LichChart , Haywood or Highwood 1719ShefLxC , probably ' enclosure wood ' , v. (ge)hæg , wudu .