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.

St John's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Bengeo

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) . The manor of Chelsing passed to the Knights of St John on the downfall of the Templars .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement