WOOD

Woode, Woods, Wod1) Locality: 'Widu', 'wudu' (forest, wood, grove, timber) (Old English) (13th century)2) Nickname: 'Wod' (Old English); 'Wod', 'wode' (inspired, e.g. by the god Woden; also frenzied, wild, distracted) (Middle English) (13th century)

1 Margaret WOOD + Lawrence HAMER m: 1 August 1737 in St Peter, Burnley, Lancashire, England, d: December 1753 in Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Lancashire, England


Source: M Mason