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.

Robert's End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hanley Castle

Etymology

This takes its name from either father or son in the Robert fil. Robert de Hanley, mentioned in 1234 (VCH iv. 97, n. 77). It appears as Robertson Street in Gough (1789).