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 Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of Leeds

Historical Forms

  • Woodhouse Car(re) 1572,1634 PRLds
  • Woodhouse Carr 1657 LdsMan
  • le Carre 1487 MinAcct

Etymology

, Woodhouse Car (re )1572, 1634 PRLds, Woodhouse Carr 1657 LdsMan, le Carre 1487MinAcct , Car 1817 M , v. Woodhouse supra , kjarr ' marsh ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name