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.

Woodseats

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Woodsetts 1691 Hall

Etymology

, Woodsetts 1691 Hall , v. wudu , (ge)set ' a fold ' , cf. Woodsetts 150supra ; this is difficult to keep apart from Wood Seats 249infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name