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.

Naithwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwoodwidger

Historical Forms

  • Bynethewode juxta Brodewodewyger 1361 Ass

Etymology

is Bynethewode juxta Brodewodewyger 1361Ass . ' Beneath the wood , ' cf. Neadon infra 424 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement