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.

Watledge

Other OS name in the Parish of Nailsworth

Historical Forms

  • Wadenegg' Ric2 Rent
  • Wattle Hedge 1777 M

Etymology

, 1830 M , Wadenegg 'Ric 2Rent , Wattle Hedge 1777 M , ' Wada's scarp ' , from the OE pers.n. Wada , v. ecg .