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.

Hewood

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

Haywood 1668 Recov

Etymology

is Haywood 1668Recov . ' Enclosed wood , ' v. (ge)hæg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Thorncombe