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Origin / History of the Inwood Name

Of Anglo-Saxon origin this name is in most instances a topographical surname, for someone who lived by the ‘in-wood’, the home-wood, as opposed to the ‘out-wood’.  The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century ‘in’, in, with ‘wudu’, wood.  There is a country house, a ‘seat’, in Somerset near Stalbridge, and it is possible that some bearers of the surname may derive their names from this area, or from some other now lost or unrecorded place named with the same elements.  Topographical surnames were among the earliest created, since both natural and man-made features in the landscape provided obvious distinguishing names in the small communities of the Middle Ages.  

Coat of Arms / Crest
 A Coat of Arms is bestowed upon individuals, not families.  They are not transferable, but may be handed down and derived by family members.

A Coat of Arms granted to an Inwood family of the name is blazoned as follows: Vert (green) a griffin passant or (gold), on a chief of the second three laurel leaves of the first.  The Crest shows a gold demi lion rampant holding a blue battle axe.  The ancient motto of this family is ‘Defend’.

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