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.

Hewood, Hewood Bottom (Coppice), Hr Hewood Fm & Lr Hewood Fm, Hewood Fm, Hewood Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Hewood Bottom, Hewood Coppice 1841 TA
  • Haywood 1668 PND

Etymology

( 1811 OS ) ( Hewood Bottom , Hewood Coppice 1841TA ) , Haywood 1668 PN D , ' enclosed wood ' , v. (ge)hæg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement