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.

East Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Colchester

Historical Forms

  • boscum de Esthoo 1364 Colch

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is boscum de Esthoo 1364 Colch . v. hoh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement