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.

Sheep Wash

Other OS name in the Parish of Allexton

Etymology

, cf. Wash Pit 1793 (1878) Whit ,1847TA , Wash Pitt Close 1822 (1878) ib , v. scēp-wæsce , wæsce , pytt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement