Woodhed History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Woodhed family

The surname Woodhed was first found in West Yorkshire likely at Burley Woodhead, a hamlet now in the City of Bradford. Little is known of the origin of the hamlet other than it probably dates back to about c. 1200 when it was listed as Burcheleia. 1 Today the village Burley in Wharfedale is adjoined by Burley Woodhead. As far as the surname, the first reference was in the year 1316 when Christina Wodhead held estates in that shire. 2 Later, Rogeros de Wodehed was recorded in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 3

Early History of the Woodhed family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Woodhed research. Another 56 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1609, 1624, 1678, 1686 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Woodhed History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Woodhed Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Woodhead, Wodehad, Woodhed and others.

Early Notables of the Woodhed family

Distinguished members of the family include Abraham Woodhead (c.1609-1678), an English writer on Catholicism, tutor to the young Duke of Buckingham. He was the son of John Woodhead of Thornhill, Yorkshire, and was baptised at Meltham in the...
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Migration of the Woodhed family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)