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.

The Noards

Other OS name in the Parish of Westbury on Severn

Historical Forms

  • Moards orchard 1839 TA

Etymology

, Moards orchard 1839TA , the name refers to the headland round which the Severn flows ( grid 143 – 758147 ) ; on topographical grounds it may well be from OE  ord ' point, projecting spit of land ' , with initial n - or m - due to a wrong analysis of atten ( attem ) ' at the ' ( cf. Phonol. § 45 ) .