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.

Northay

Other OS name in the Parish of Tetbury

Historical Forms

  • Northhay 1291 Tetb
  • Northey 1296 Inq
  • the North Hayes als. the Warren 1633 Tetb

Etymology

( lost ) , Northhay 1291Tetb 1, Northey 1296 Inq, the North Hayes als. the Warren 1633Tetb 1 , ' north enclosure ' , v. (ge)hæg , cf. Southay ( foll . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement