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.

Edwoldeshey

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckden

Historical Forms

Edwaldeshell' 1200 Cur

Edwaldessay 1227 Ass

boscus de Edwoldeshey 1279 RH

Eldwoldeshey 1307 Rams

Etymology

'Eadweald's enclosure' v. (ge)hæg.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Buckden