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Survey of English Place-Names

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Woodrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Fifehead Neville

Historical Forms

  • Woderove 14 GlastF
  • Woodrow Brake, Woodrow Orchd & Woodrow Pit, Woodrow Md or six Acres 1842 TA

Etymology

, Woderove 14 GlastF (p), Woodrow Brake , Woodrow Orchd & Woodrow Pit , Woodrow Md or six Acres 1842TA , v. wudu , rāw , with bræc 1 , cf. an identical name 1 mile SW in Haselbury B . par . infra ; the 14th cent , form may show influence from OE  wudurofe ' woodruff ' , cf. Reaney s.n. Woodroff ; it is called Rawles 1811 OS , cf. John Rawelles 1564Salkeld , v. Hutch3 1269 .