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.

Patch Riding, Patch Hill Gate, Patch Hill (Wychwood)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Finstock

Etymology

Patch Riding (6″), Patch Hill Gate (Cornbury Park 6″), Patch Hill (Wychwood). Cf. Pachesdiche 1268–81 Eynsh. v. dīc : the first element is the personal name *Pæcc (i ). v. PN Sx 249.

Places in the same Parish