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.

Short Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Coberley

Historical Forms

  • Shorteford 1450 GlR

Etymology

, 1830 M , possibly an adaptation of Shorteford 1450 GlR , v. sceort , ford , wudu .