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.

Upwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Sixpenny Handley

Historical Forms

  • Upwood Md 1829 EnclA
  • Upwood Fm 1869 Hutch3
  • Vpwod' 1575 Glyn

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Upwood Md 1829EnclA ,Upwood Fm 1869 Hutch3, Vpwod '1575Glyn , v. upp ' higher up ' , wudu .