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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.

Quarry Heath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Quarr(e)y Heath 1598 Ct 1622 FF 1635,1682 ParReg 1814 EnclA 1834 O

Etymology

Quarry Heath, Quarr (e )y Heath 1598Ct , 1622 FF, 1635, 1682 ParReg, 1814EnclA , 1834 O, 'the heath with a stone-quary', v. quarrere ME, hǣð .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site