Haywood

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/ˈheɪwʊd/

proper noun

A civil parish and hamlet south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire, England, served by Callow and Haywood Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO4834).

OriginOld English ġehæg →
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Meanings

proper nounHaywood (countable and uncountable, plural Haywoods)

plural Haywoods · alternative Heawood · alternative Heywood

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA civil parish and hamlet south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire, England, served by Callow and Haywood Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO4834).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Owston parish and Moss parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5812).
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9754).
    4. countableuncountableA community in the Rural Municipality of Grey, Manitoba, Canada.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableFormer name of Hayward, California.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Chatham County, North Carolina.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Madison County, Virginia.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
  3. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishġehæg“fence, enclosure”
  2. EnglishHaywood

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

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APA

Haywood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haywood

MLA

“Haywood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haywood. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Haywood,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haywood.

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