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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.

Pardshaw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dean

Historical Forms

  • Perdishaw, Perdishau c.1205 StBA n.d.
  • Perdishou c.1300 StB
  • Perdyshowe 1370 Ipm 1397 FF
  • Perdishewe 1537 CW(OS)xiv
  • Perdissow 1570 FF
  • Pardishou c.1260 StB
  • Pardisou 1266 Ass
  • Pardyeshou 1290 Cl
  • Pardishow(e) 1292 Ass 1578 Cocker
  • Perdeshow 1266 MinAcct
  • Pardeshou 1338 Cl
  • Pardeshowe 1369 Ipm
  • Paradyshowe 1382 Ipm
  • Prodessowe 1399 IpmR
  • Bardsey Hall 1576 S
  • Pardsey 1578 Cocker
  • Pardshawe 1601 FF
  • Bradsey Hall 1672 Blome
  • Pardsey or Bardshaw 1794 H
  • Pargay 1660 CantWviii
  • Pardsey Cragg 1544 NB

Etymology

The second element is haugr. The first is doubtless identical with that of Perdiswell (PN Wo 113). Both contain a metathesised form of Preed , an OE name found in the Liber Vitae of Durham (DEPN).