Abbotswood
village · Hampshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Abbotswood refers to a wood or forest belonging to an abbot or associated with a monastery. It indicates a place of woodland managed by ecclesiastical authority.
Word origins
- Abbots
- Old EnglishAttestedof the abbot(from abbot "abbot")
- wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwood, forest(from wudu "wood, forest")
Historical forms
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