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.

Nettlebed

Major Settlement in the Parish of Nettlebed

Historical Forms

Nettlebed 1246–7 Ass

Etymology

The name is self-explanatory. For other examples of compounds of bedd with a plant-name v. PN Wo 214.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name