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.

Idridgehay

Major Settlement in the Parish of Idridgehay and Alton

Historical Forms

  • Edrichesei 1230 P
  • Edricheshay(e) 1298 Ipm 1298,1327 Cl
  • Eddricheshey als Iddurshey 1484 Bemrose
  • Iriggehay 1252 Ch
  • Edrich(e)hay(e) 1330 Ass 1346,1373 Cor
  • Edrichay 1436 Woll
  • Ed(e)rychey 1511,1552 Bemrose
  • Hydrishay 1347 Pat
  • Idryssay 1408 For
  • Idrychay 1376 Pat
  • Idrichhay 1387 1497 Bemrose
  • Yderychay 1530 ib
  • Iderichehaye 1586 ib
  • Iderichay 1636 DuLaSC
  • Iderichey 1767 Burdett
  • Edirssay 1408 For
  • Edrishhey 1482 MinAcct
  • Idersey 1519 CPG
  • Ideressaye 1545 Lanc
  • Ydershey 1566 CPG
  • Idersey 1574 FF
  • Idersey als Iderishey 1590 Bemrose

Etymology

'Ēadrīc's forest enclosure', v. (ge)hæg.