Etymology

Haywood

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Today it means: A civil parish and hamlet south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire, England, served by Callow and Haywood Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO4834). Full definition →

Old English ġehæg
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromġehæg“fence, enclosure”
  2. English todayHaywood

From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).

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