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.

Woods

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Woods in Deepedale 1682 PR
  • Woodses 1847 TA
  • James Wood 1621 PR

Etymology

, Woods in Deepedale 1682 PR, Woodses 1847TA , doubtless namedfrom the family of James Wood (1621 PR 25) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement