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.

Plardiwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gnosall

Historical Forms

  • Plerdewike, Plerdewicke, Plerdewyk, Plerdewyck 1199 FF 1268 PlR 1392 Banco 1398 Ass 1407 FF 1565 Pat
  • Plardewyk, Plardiwick, Plardywyck 1378 1682 Browne 1833 O
  • Plardwick(e) 1538–44 ECP 1541 1612 QSR 1618 FF 1661 ParReg 1666 SHT 1755 Yates
  • Plardswicke 1585 Ct
  • Plordewicke 1607 FF
  • Plordweek(e) 1632 BM
  • Plardewick 1833 O

Etymology

The second el. is wīc, but no suggestion can be made for the first.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement