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.

Routh Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Routh

Historical Forms

  • nemor' de Ruda 1150 Meaux
  • nemus de Rudhe c.1150 YCh1380
  • boscum de Rud(h) a1150–3 1154,1349 Meaux
  • boscum de Routh 1200 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is nemor ' de Ruda 1150Meaux , nemus de Rudhe c. 1150 YCh1380, boscum de Rud (h )a 1150–3 ib. 1381, 1154, 1349Meaux ,boscum de Routh 1200 ib .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement