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.

Wild Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Silverstone

Historical Forms

Wildwood Coppice 1790 WoodsRept

Etymology

is Wildwood Coppice 1790 Woods Rept . Cf. Wildwood Fm in Alfold (Sr) , Wildewode 1391 Cl , Wyldewode 1436 FF .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Olney

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Silverstone