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.

Derby Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Bebington

Historical Forms

  • Darbye Howse 1646 Sheaf

Etymology

, 1621 (1656) Orm2 , Darbye Howse 1646 Sheaf , v. hūs , probably named after the earls of Derby by the Stanley family .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name