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.

Sawley and Wilsthorpe

Parish in the County of Derbyshire

Etymology

A small part of the parish was transferred to Breaston in 1934 and the rest to Long Eaton in 1921 and 1934.

Major Settlements