Prior's Heys
Major Settlement in the Parish of Prior's Heys
Historical Forms
- Prior's Heys 1842 OS
- Williamhaye le Prayers 1357 ChFor
- Prayshayes 1666 BW
- Pryars Hayes 1692 ib
- Pryers Hayes 1721 ib
- Pryers Heys 1749 Sheaf
- Prior shays 1724 NotCestr
- Pryor Heys 1831 Bry
- Price Hall 1656 Orm2
Etymology
'William le Prayers's enclosure(s)', from (ge)hæg and the surname Praers , of an ancient Cheshire family (Orm2 iii 299–301). William le Prayers , de Preyers , de Prayers was lord of half the nearby manor of Duddon (273supra ) in 1351 BPR, and it is alleged in 1353ChFor that about 1339, near Tarvin, he 'fenced in an enclosure of sixty acres' (inclusit unam hayam de lx acris ). This is the earliest allusion to Prior's Heys.
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