English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Usher Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • a wood called le Usher West 1606 SheffMan

Etymology

, a wood called le Usher West 1606 SheffMan , doubtless the surname Usher ( OFr  ussier ' doorkeeper ' , cf. Thuresson 150 ) , wudu ; west may be for OE  wēste ' wasteland ' , but the form could simply stand for Usher Wood west .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement