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.

Oborne Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Oborne

Historical Forms

  • Woborn(e)wode 1454 1461–1500 Sher
  • Woborne Wod' 1538 Digby
  • Oburne Woode 1569–74 Map
  • Woburne wood 1614 Digby

Etymology

, 1839TA , Woborn (e )wode 1454Sher , Pat, 1461–1500Sher , Woborne Wod '1538Digby , Oburne Woode 1569–74Map , Woburne wood 1614Digby , v. wudu .