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.

Woodsdown

Other OS name in the Parish of Milton Abbas

Historical Forms

  • Arnolds Wood Down, Martin's Woods Down 1771 DROMap
  • Woods Down Gt Mead, Woods Down Hr Mead, Woods Down Lr Mead, Arnold's Woods Down, Moreton's Woods Down 1852 SCat

Etymology

, Arnolds Wood Down , Martin 's Woods Down 1771DROMap , Woods Down Gt Mead , Woods Down Hr Mead , Woods Down Lr Mead , Arnold 's Woods Down , Moreton 's Woods Down 1852 SCat ; the first el . may be wudu ' wood ' or a surname , cf. Richard Bythewode 1332 SR , Robert Arnold 1613 Hutch3 .