Garswood
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English
Etymology
Perhaps from Old English gyr (“fir tree”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).
Proper noun
Garswood (countable and uncountable, plural Garswoods)
- A village in Seneley Green parish, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5599).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Garswood is the 44286th most common surname in England, belonging to 67 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Garswood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 18.
- Forebears