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.

Highwood (Heath)

Other OS name in the Parish of East Stoke

Historical Forms

  • Highwoods c.1628 Strode
  • Highwood c.1628 1811 OS

Etymology

, Highwoods (a close) c. 1628Strode ,Highwood c. 1628ib , 1811 OS , v. hēah , wudu , cf. Highwood Wd in Wool par . infra .