Wrens Nest Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Dudley
Historical Forms
- de la Wrosne 1273 Ipm 1275 1278 FF
- Wrosne 1278 FF
- Wrosene 1291 Tax
- ate Wrosne 1293 Ipm
- atte Wrosome 1395 Ipm
Etymology
This is a prominent isolated hill and it is probable that Skeat is right in identifying the name with the OE word wrāsn , 'chain, fetter,' but used also as a gloss for the Latin nodus , so that it may appropriately refer to what may be described as a hill- knot, cf. Bowland Knotts (Y), Blawith Knott (La).