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.

The Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Wood 1751 CWliv,156 1838 TA
  • Overwood 1677 Glebe

Etymology

, Wood 1751 CW liv, 156, 1838TA , Overwood 1677Glebe , v. wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name