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.

Nursehill

Other OS name in the Parish of Lydney

Historical Forms

  • Ordeshull 1419 IpmR

Etymology

, 1830 M , Ordeshull 1419 IpmR , probably atten and OE  ord ' spit of land, projecting ridge ' , which aptly describes the narrow ridge between Plummer 's Brook and an affluent stream ( at grid point 156 – 654040 ) .