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.

Edgbaston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Edgbaston

Historical Forms

  • Celboldestone 1086 DB
  • Eg(e)baldestone 1184 P 1221 Ass 1247 SR 1262 Ass
  • Egboldeston 1201 Cur
  • Egebaudesdone, Hegbaldistune 1232 Ass
  • Echebaldestone 1235 Fees
  • Eg(e)baston 1279 LibAlb 1291 Ipm 1553 Survey
  • Eggebaston 1284 FF 1285 Ass
  • Edgebarston 1540 LP
  • Edgebaston 1553 Survey
  • Egbalston 1677 FF

Etymology

'Ecgbeald 's farm,' v. tun . The DB spelling is most likely a clerical blunder. Otherwise we must assume that the place was first called after one Cēolbeald .

Places in the same Parish