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.

Norchard

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartlebury

Historical Forms

  • atte Norchard 1327 SR
  • Oldeorchard 1332 FF
  • Norchard 1599 Wills

Etymology

v. Norchard in Rock supra 73 and orceard .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement