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.

Partridge Walls

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brushford

Historical Forms

  • Pertricheswall' 1242 Fees783
  • Pertrycheswall' 1346 FA
  • Pertrikeswall 1303 FA
  • Pertrichewolles 1378 IpmR
  • Pertriggewalles 1394 Ass
  • Pertryggewallis 1493 Ipm

Etymology

The first element is clearly to be connected with the bird's name, but as 'partridge's wall' is an unreasonable name we should probably assume that Pertriche is here a ME surname of the nickname-type.So similarly Wallenberg (StudNP 2, 91).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement