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.

Short Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Netherseal

Historical Forms

  • le Shertwode c.1300 Rydeware
  • Shorte Wode 1306 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Shertwode c. 1300 Rydeware,Shorte Wode 1306 Ass , v. sc(e)ort , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement