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.

Nursteed

Early-attested site in the Parish of Roundway

Historical Forms

  • Nutstede 1249,1279,1289 Ass 1484 Pat
  • Notestede 1289 Ass
  • Notstede 1315 FF
  • Noutstede 1332 SR
  • Nustede 1493 Ipm
  • Nursted 1730 Recov
  • Nursteed 1815 Act

Etymology

Nursteed is Nutstede 1249, 1279, 1289Ass , 1484 Pat, Notestede 1289Ass , Notstede 1315FF , Noutstede 1332SR , Nustede 1493 Ipm, Nursted 1730Recov , Nursteed 1815 Act. 'Place where nuts grow,' v. stede . Cf. Nurstead (Ha), Nutstede 1236Ass , 1316 FA.

Places in the same Parish