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.

Woodtown

Other OS name in the Parish of Sampford Spiney

Historical Forms

  • atte Wode 1378 Ct

Etymology

is atte Wode 1378Ct ( nom . loc . ) . v. holh , leah , wudu . For the addition of town , v. infra 676 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement