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.

Betchfield Morass

Field in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • 1818 Garbet

Etymology

Betchfield Morass 1818(Betchfield is Bettisfield Fli, with development of-tes - similar to that sometimes seen in -des -, cf, e.g., Frodesley Part 1, Edgeleyinfra)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name