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.

Home Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Frodsham

Historical Forms

  • The Whob 1780 EnclA
  • The Wab 1831 Bry

Etymology

, The Whob 1780EnclA , The Wab 1831 Bry , cf. Wob Orchard 1844TA , ' the bog ' , v. cwabba , home .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name