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.

Boro' Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashburton

Historical Forms

  • Boroughwod 1553 Pat

Etymology

is Boroughwod 1553 Pat . v. beorg or burh . There is an ancient ' castle ' here .