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.

Ambrose Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Johns in Bedwardine

Etymology

This clearly takes its name from the same Ambrose who owned the molendinum Ambrosii mentioned in 1240 (WoP). The mill still stands on the road from Worcester to Dines Green (VCH iii. 509).