English: habitational name from any of various places so named, as
for example Henwood in Cornwall, in Linkinhorne parish, which is named
from Old English henn ‘hen’, ‘wild bird’ + wudu ‘wood’,
or Hen Wood in Wootton, Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), which is
named from Old English hiwan ‘religious community’ (genitive
plural higna) + wudu.
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