Woodham Ferrers
village · Essex
Old EnglishAI-generated
Woodham Ferrers is named from a village in or by a wood, with the suffix 'Ferrers' referring to the de Ferrers family who held the manor. The first part is Old English 'wudu' (wood) and 'ham' (homestead).
Word origins
- wudu
- Old Englishwood(from wudu "wood")
- ham
- Old Englishhomestead, village(from ham "homestead, village")
- Ferrers
- Norman Frenchfamily name(from de Ferrers "from the Ferrers family")
Historical forms
Wudeham · Ferrers