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.

Horwood Barton

Other OS name in the Parish of Frithelstock

Historical Forms

Horwode 1330 SR

Etymology

is Horwode 1330SR (p) . Probably ' dirty or muddy wood , ' v. horh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Frithelstock