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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wood End

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Woollywood(side) 1597 SheffMan 1692 Wheat

Etymology

, 1849TA . Woolley Wood , Woollywood (side )1597 SheffMan, 1692 Wheat , probably ' wolf clearing ' , v. wulf , lēah , wudu , cf. Woolley 287infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name