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.

Wascheaurflate

Field in the Parish of Derby

Historical Forms

  • Wascheaurflate 1450 Rental
  • Washer Flatt 1588 Portland

Etymology

Wascheaurflate 1450, Washer Flatt 1588(from OE  *wæscere'one who washes' and flat)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement