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.

Shuck Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Crich

Historical Forms

  • Shooke Wood 1655 Survey

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Shooke Wood 1655Survey , ' demon or goblin wood ' , v. scucca , wudu , cf. Shuckstonefield supra 437 near which it is situated .