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.

Lilly Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Markshall

Historical Forms

  • Lytylhey, Littleheia t.Hy1 Colne
  • Litehaia 1100–35 Abingdon

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Lytylhey , Littleheia t. Hy 1Colne , Litehaia 1100–35 Abingdon . ' Little enclosure , ' v. (ge)hæg and cf. Lilly Plantation infra 420 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement