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.

Wash Hill Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Mapperton

Historical Forms

  • Hr Wash Hills, Middle Wash Hills & Yonder Wash Hills, Washill Aldermoor 1837 TA

Etymology

, Hr Wash Hills , Middle Wash Hills & Yonder Wash Hills , Washill Aldermoor 1837TA , v. wæsce ' sheep-wash ' ; there is a spring here ( marked 6 ″ ) .