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.

Wallacre Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Wallasey

Historical Forms

  • Wallacre 1841 TA

Etymology

, Wallacre 1841TA , a tract of marshland beside the old course of The Fender , probably ' Waleye-carr ' , i.e . ' Wallasey marsh ' , from kjarr and the p.n. Waleye ( Wallasey ) .