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.

Norwood Coppice & Norwood Park

Other OS name in the Parish of More Crichel

Historical Forms

  • bynorwode p1290 Marten
  • Northewode 1488 Marten
  • Northe Wood 1564 Marten
  • North Wd 1843 TA

Etymology

, bynorwode p1290Marten , Northewode 1488Marten , Northe Wood 1564Marten , North Wd 1843TA , ' (place) to the north of the wood ' , v. , norðan , wudu , with reference to Chetterwood supra .