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.

Sawood

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Sowood 1647 WillY

Etymology

, 1817 M , Sowood 1647 WillY , probably like Sowood ii, 189supra , ' south wood ' , v. sūð , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name