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.

Acrey

Field in the Parish of Finchampstead

Historical Forms

  • 1844 TA
  • Akery 1558 Bodl
  • The Great Ackree 1602 Bodl
  • The Little Acrey 1615 Bodl
  • The Great Acrey 1654 Bodl
  • The Great Acre 1699–1700 Bodl

Etymology

Acrey(Akery 1558, The Great Ackree 1602 F, The Little Acrey 1615F, The Great Acrey 1654, The Great Acre 1699–1700, identical with NancryCoppice in Easthampstead 24)