Ordsall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ordsall
Historical Forms
- Ordeshale 1086 DB 1196 P 1229 Cl 1324 Ch
- Hordeshal' 1195 P
- Ordishall 1203 FF
- Ordeshale juxta Rafford 1290 ib
- Suderdeshale 1086 DB
- Hordesal 1254 Pat
- Ordesal(e) 1291 Tax 1316 FA
- Overordesall 1600 FF
- Ortsall 1557 Wills
- Orsall 1667 FF
Etymology
'Ord 's nook,' v. healh . Ord is not on independent record but compounds of Ord - are numerous and the patronymic Ording is found in DB. Cf. the common use of the Scand cognate Oddr and OGer Ort (Förstemann, PN 1173) and Ordsall (PN La 32).