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Survey of English Place-Names

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Oat Eddish

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • Oat Eddish 1831 Bry
  • Atedis (lit. Acedis), Hotedia, Othed(e)ys l13,1297,c.1300 Sheaf
  • (nova acra de) Otedhis 1297 ib
  • Otesdissh, Hoteesdihs 1307 Eyre
  • Otedishe 1318 ib
  • Otedyshe, Otedische 1532 Plea
  • Oteedishe 1543 AddCh

Etymology

Oat Eddish (110–689486), Oat Eddish 1831 Bry, Atedis (lit. Acedis ), Hotedia , Othed (e )ys l13, 1297, c.1300 Sheaf (p), (nova acra de ) Otedhis 1297 ib, Otesdissh , Hoteesdihs 1307Eyre (p), Otedishe 1318ib (p), Otedyshe , Otedische 1532 Plea, Oteedishe 1543AddCh , 'enclosed land where oats are grown', v. āte , edisc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site