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.

Townsend

Field in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • 1845 TA

Etymology

Townsend(there are 2 groups of Townsend ns., N. and E. of thetown: cf. Townsend Leasow, Townsend Meadow, Further Townsend 1727 SBL 8608)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name