Is There an Attewood Coat of Arms?

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Attewood is usually a form of Attwood. At root, the name means “at the wood”.

Attewood adds “e” to Attwood, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Attewood sounds close to Atwood, so it can help to search both.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Attewood, so the heraldry linked to Attwood is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Attewood family name pack.