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.

Inwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Lacock

Historical Forms

  • bosco de Lacok' voc' Inwode 1289 Ass
  • Inwood 1540 MinAcct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is bosco de Lacok ' voc ' Inwode 1289Ass , Inwood 1540MinAcct . The meaning is no doubt ' wood in the demesneland . ' Cf. PN Sr 138 and infra 450 .