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.

Castle Wood Fm & Castle Wood Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Wambrook

Historical Forms

  • (bosc' voc') Castellwode 1422 Midd
  • Castlewoode 1550 Midd

Etymology

, (bosc ' voc ')Castellwode 1422Midd , Castlewoode 1550Midd , cf. pastur ' voc ' Castel (l )ey 1516,1550Midd , Castle Meade 1550Midd , Hr Castley & Yonder Castley 1844TA , v. castel , wudu , lēah , mǣd .