Wrockwardine Wood
suburban area · Telford and Wrekin
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Wrockwardine Wood is a later addition to the older settlement of Wrockwardine. The 'wood' element indicates its proximity to or origin within a wooded area.
Word origins
- Wroc
- Old Englisha personal name(from Wroc "personal name")
- ing
- Old Englishpeople of(from -ing "people of")
- tun
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "settlement, farmstead")
- wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwood, forest(from wudu "wood, forest")