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.

Woodhouse

Other OS name in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Woodhowse 1646 ParReg
  • Wudhowse yate 1650 ib
  • Woodhowse croft 1674 Dep

Etymology

( lost ) , Woodhowse 1646 ParReg, Wudhowse yate 1650 ib, Woodhowse croft 1674Dep , v. wudu , hūs , with geat .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site