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.

Wild Heath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Audlem, Acton & Wrenbury

Historical Forms

  • Wild Heath 1845 TA
  • Wyldeheth, Wildeheth 1355 Eyre 1361 ChRR
  • Wildehethe, Wyldhethe 1547 MinAcct
  • Wyldheathe 1590 Sheaf
  • (land in Audlem called) Wildheath 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

Wild Heath (lost), Wild Heath 1845TA , Wyldeheth , Wildeheth 1355Eyre (p), 1361 ChRR, Wildehethe , Wyldhethe 1547MinAcct , Wyldheathe 1590 Sheaf, (land in Audlem called ) Wildheath 1724 NotCestr, 'wild heath', v. wilde , hæð .