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.

What Close

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Wotclose 1581 PRGis
  • Watclose 1590 WillY 1597–1630 PRGis

Etymology

, Wotclose 1581PRGis, Watclose 1590 WillY, 1597–1630 PRGis (freq ) , cf. Wattehouse 1590 WillY , from the ME  pers.n. Watte ( from Walter ) , v. clos , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site