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.

Paradise

Other OS name in the Parish of Painswick

Historical Forms

  • Paradys 1327 SR

Etymology

, 1779 Rudder ( ' a handsome seat ' ) , Paradys 1327SR (p) , a usual name for a pleasant house or place .