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.

Wood Nook

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • -nooke 1658,1684 PR(Bm) 1710 PR
  • th Wood Nook 1749 ib

Etymology

, -nooke 1658, 1684 PR(Bm), 1710 PR, th Wood Nook 1749 ib , v. wudu , nōk .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement