1 definition by Giovanni Feliciello
The village of Meanwood,is a valley area in Leeds, between Woodhouse, Headingley and Moortown. A Celtic settlement, historically, but a discovery of a flint axe head, during an excavation on Stonegate Road, dates population of the area, back to the Neolithic (New Stone Age)period.
The name Meanwood defines fom "The Common Wood"
Also "Mean" wood also ascribed to the nature of the people who dwelt there, such as rogues, footpads, villains.
Also "Mean" wood also ascribed to the nature of the people who dwelt there, such as rogues, footpads, villains.
by Giovanni Feliciello June 15, 2008