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.

Woodhouse

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Wodhous 1414 YDxiii,75

Etymology

, 1587 WillY , possibly identical with Wodhous 1414 YD xiii, 75 , ' housein the wood ' , v. wudu , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site