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.

Wroxall Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Wroxall

Historical Forms

  • vast, de Shortwode t.Ed1 Add
  • Shortwood 1512 Ch

Etymology

was earlier vast , de Shortwode t. Ed 1Add , Shortwood 1512 Ch .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement