Holtridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Marbury Chapelry
Historical Forms
- Althurst 1380 Pat 1411 ChRR 1597 ChRR
- Althurst or Altridge (Hall) 1860 White 1882 Orm2
- Alhurst(e) 1559,1562 ChRR 1567 ib
- Altwyche, Altwyche Mylne 1587 Chol
- Altrich 1630 Chol
- the Altridge tenement & Mill 1693 ib
- Altridge Hall 1860 White
- Holtridge Greene 1630 Chol
- Ortridge Meadow 1778 Chol
- Outridge Green 1831 Bry 1842 OS
Etymology
Barnes1 726 proposes Welsh allt (cf. Corn alt) 'steep hill-side, (rocky) hill, cliff, mountain-woodland', as in Alt La 29, to which have been added the English equivalents hyrst 'a hill, a wood' and hrycg 'a ridge', v. also grēne 2 , hall , myln , mǣd . The place lies on the north side of a slight eminence, v. Addenda.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Big Wood
- Brankelow Moss
- Buttermilk Bank
- Church Bridge
- Crosshill Fm
- Fox Hall
- Glebe Covert
- The Grange
- Heath Lane
- Hollins Lane
- Hollyhurst
- Holly Rough
- The Knowles
- Limepits
- Marbury Brook
- Big Mere & Little Mere
- Poole Hook
- Canal Covert
- Church Bridge
- Common Fm
- Gauntons Bank
- Lower Hall
- Handley Hill & Handley Park
- Horse Green
- The Mount
- Norbury Common
- Oak Cottage
- Peartree Fm
- Ryebank
- Lower Snab
- Steer Bridge
- Marbury Heys
- Mere Fm
- Quoisley Big Mere & Quoisley Little Mere
- Marbury Mill(lost)
- Mossbank
- Steer Bridge
- Bank Fm
- Marley Green, Marley Hall & Marley Moss
- Poole Gorse