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.

Wills Pastures

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wills Pastures

Historical Forms

  • Willes (1637 ib.)

Etymology

is so named c. 1830 O.S. and may be identical with Hodnell pastures 1603, Wills land otherwise Woollands 1853 Ladbroke. The name is probably to be associated with the family of John Willes (1637 ib.).

Places in the same Parish

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