English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Baddiley

Parish in the County of Cheshire

Etymology

The ecclesiastical parish of Baddiley is not mentioned in 1291 Tax. Orm2 iii458 says it may have been originally a chapelry of either Wybunbury or Acton parishes. It is more likely to have been in Acton.

Major Settlements