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.

West Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Calverley

Historical Forms

  • Westwod yerd c.1289 Calv

Etymology

, 1858 O.S. , Westwod yerd c. 1289 Calv , v. west , wudu , geard ' yard ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement