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.

St George

Major Settlement in the Parish of St George

Historical Forms

  • par. St George's 1638 PR
  • St George's 1779 Rudder

Etymology

there described as 'a newly erected parish'. The former civil parish was in fact created in 1784 from parts of several parishes, and was later called Easton St George (infra ).