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.

Oat Headish

Field in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • 1840 TA

Etymology

Oat Headish('oatenclosure'; edisc, common in Ch, is found occasionally in N. Sa, as in Edgeleyinfra)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name