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.

Humber Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Pulham

Historical Forms

  • Humbrewood 1544 Hutch3

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Humbrewood 1544Hutch3 , another instance of the pre - English stream - name Humber with reference to the small stream ( now unnamed ) that skirts the wood .