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.

Chew Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Chew 17 PRGis

Etymology

, named from a local family of Chew (17 PRGisfreq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site