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.

Earnslow Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Weaverham

Historical Forms

  • Ernesley, Ernesley House, grange of Ernesley 1542 Dugd 1544–7 Orm2 17
  • Ernesley Grange m16 AOMB397
  • Yenslow Grange 1724 NotCestr
  • Yarnsloue 1732 Sheaf349
  • Earnslow Grange 1819 Orm2
  • Earnshaw Grange 1846 TA417

Etymology

'Eagle's wood', from earn and lēah , with hūs and grange . The final el. has been confused with hlāw and sceaga . The Y - spellings are due to stress-shifting in the diphthong Ea -.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site