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.

High Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • (H)ewode c.1250,1250–65 Kendi,132

Etymology

, 1836KCR , (H )ewode c. 1250, 1250–65 Kend i, 132 , v. hēah , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name