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.

Edgeley

Other OS name in the Parish of Lapford

Historical Forms

  • Eggesle 1262 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Eggesle 1262 FF . ' Ecgi 'sclearing , ' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement