Woodhurst

W4O1O1D2H4U1R1S1T1

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3176).

OriginOld English wudu →
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Meanings

proper nounWoodhurst (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhursts)

plural Woodhursts

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3176).
    2. countableuncountableA community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

    The first two runs were timed by Mr. H. J. J. Griffith, and the third by Mr. Arthur H. Woodhurst.

    1949 November and December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 367

Origin

  1. Old Englishwudu“wood”
  2. EnglishWoodhurst

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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