Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (cotag' iuxta) le Woderew(e) 1421,1477 KCC

Etymology

, a hamlet , no doubt rāw ' a row ' in the sense ' a street lined with a row of houses ' ; it is possibly to be connected with (cotag ' iuxta ) le Woderew (e )1421, 1477KCC , from wudu ' a wood ' and the cognate rǣw ' a row of houses (or trees) ' , cf. Woodrow 297 , 102 , PN Wo 239 , PN W 129 .