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.

Thieves Ditch

Other OS name in the Parish of Castle Church

Historical Forms

  • pratum de thevesdiche 1401 StaffAcc 1462 Ct
  • Thevesdich', Thevesdych' 1399 Ipm 1439 MinAcct
  • le Thevys dych 1500 Egerton

Etymology

, pratum de thevesdiche 1401StaffAcc , 1462Ct ,Thevesdich ', Thevesdych '1399 Ipm, 1439MinAcct , le Thevys dych 1500Egerton , self - explanatory .