Big Ditchley & Little Ditchley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Audlem and Wrenbury
Historical Forms
- Big Ditchley & Little Ditchley 1842 TA
- quadam terra que vocatur Dicheley c.1130 Cott.Faust.Bviii 1479
- (a land called) Dycheley 12 Harl. 14
- Dycheley Magna 1540 Dugd
- Ditch ley c.1130 Sheaf328 18
- the Ditchley 1293 Sheaf 18
- Ditchleys 18 ib
- (grangia de) Dyghleg' 1287 Court
Etymology
Big Ditchley & Little Ditchley, Big Ditchley & Little Ditchley 1842TA , quadam terra que vocatur Dicheley c.1130 (1479) Cott . Faust. B viii (Dugd v 323 reads Sycheleya ), (a land called ) Dycheley 12 (14) Harl . 3868, Dycheley Magna 1540 Dugd, Ditch ley c.1130 (18) Sheaf3 28 (6118), the Ditchley 1293 (18) Sheaf, Ditchleys 18 ib, (grangia de ) Dyghleg '1287 Court 68, 69, 'clearing at a ditch', v. dīc , lēah , cf. Dychefeld c.1550Surv . v. feld . In DEPN the 1287 Court form is wrongly connected with Disley 1269, cf. Diglee 1178.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Dodcott Fm
- Wilkesley
- Comber Mere, Combermere Abbey & Combermere Park
- Barn Wood Field
- Brankelow
- Brankelow Moss
- Brooks Mill, Oldmill Bridge
- Burleydam, Burleydam Bridge & Burleydam Fm, St Michael's Church
- Butterley Heys
- Cheshire Fields
- Lightwood Green
- Lodmore Lane
- Royal's Green
- Smeaton Hall, Smeatonwood Fm, The Grange
Other OS name
- Adamley Pool
- Barnettbrook Bridge
- Big Wood
- Blackhurst Fm
- Chapel Covert
- Cocked Hat Plantation
- Combermere Wood
- Dodcott Brook
- Duckow Bridge
- Ferny Heys
- Goldsmith's House
- The Grange
- Hewitt's Moss
- Heyfields Fm
- Heywood Fm & Heywood Lane
- Kent's Rough
- Long Walk Covert
- Manor Fm
- Newhall Lane
- Newton Fm
- Northwoods Fm
- Oldmill Bridge
- Parkview Fm
- Pinsley Green
- Poole's Riding Wood
- The Rookery, Rookery Fm
- Shropshire Lane
- The Stairs
- Stonelodge Wood
- The Stews
- Walkmill Bridge, Walkmill Brook, Walkmill Covert & Walkmill Fm
- Wilkesley Covert
- Wilkesley Lodge
- Withymoor Fm
- Workhouse Cottages
- Yewtree Fm