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.

The Woods

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Ouseburn

Etymology

, cf. Wood Leaze 1625YAS , Wood leases 1687 ib , v. wudu , lǣs ' meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement