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.

Wardsend, Wardsend Bridge & Wardsend Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Wards End 1842 OS
  • Coal Office 1831 Bry

Etymology

( 101–9382 ) , Wards End 1842 OS (lit. Wands ), Coal Office 1831 Bry ( near Bye Pit supra ) , v. ende 1 ' the end of a town ' , cf. Thomas Ward 1521Dow .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site