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.

Woodbury

Other OS name in the Parish of Gamlingay

Historical Forms

  • Wodebury 1336 FF

Etymology

is Wodebury 1336 FF , v. wudu , burh and cf. le Wodefurlong 1229StNeot , Hestwode 1230 ib .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement