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.

Wardhedges

Early-attested site in the Parish of Flitton

Historical Forms

  • War degges 1276 Ass
  • War dhegges 1276 Ass 1297 SR

Etymology

'Protecting hedges' v. weard . The second element is OE  hecg , 'hedge.' The same name is found in Weybridge (Hu) as Wardehegges (Ramsey Cartulary, ii. 301). In both places it probably has reference to some game-enclosure.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site