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.

Westwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Peterborough

Historical Forms

Westwude 13th PeterbA

Westwode c.1220 For

Etymology

is Westwude 13thPeterbA , Westwode c. 1220For . It lies to the west of Peterborough .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Peterborough