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 Old Rectory

Other OS name in the Parish of Shawell

Historical Forms

  • The Rectory 1877 White 1925 Kelly
  • the parsonage howse 1606 Terrier
  • The Parsonage House 1700,1708 ib

Etymology

is The Rectory 1877 White, 1925 Kelly, v. rectory; earlier isthe parsonage howse 1606Terrier , The Parsonage House 1700, 1708ib , v. personage .