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.

West Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Charlton Abbots

Historical Forms

Westwde 1221 Ass

Westwood(de) 1575 TRMB 1599 Comm

Etymology

, Westwde 1221Ass , Westwood (de )1575TRMB , 1599Comm , v. west , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Charlton Abbots