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 Fms

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rock

Historical Forms

  • le Orchard 1311 BM
  • atte Norchard 1327 SR
  • Norchard 1655 FF

Etymology

v. orceard . For the prefixed n cf. Nurton's Fm supra 25.