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.

Eachway

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bromsgrove

Historical Forms

  • Etchy 1795 VCHiii
  • Etchey c.1830 O

Etymology

The forms are too late for any certainty. The place stands high in old forest-land, so the suffix is probably hey (v. gehæg ).It is next to Whetty Fm (v. infra 345), another hey .