Horsley Woodhouse
village · Derbyshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name combines 'Horsley', meaning 'the clearing in the woods where horses are kept', with 'Woodhouse', referring to a house in or near a wood.
Word origins
- horse
- Old EnglishAttestedhorse(from hors "horse")
- ley
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing in a wood(from lēah "clearing, meadow")
- wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwood, forest(from wudu "wood, forest")
- house
- Old EnglishAttestedhouse(from hūs "house")