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.

Watchetts

Other OS name in the Parish of Frimley

Historical Forms

  • Whadeseyte, Whadeshate 1418 Chertsey
  • Wadeshete 1548 LRMB

Etymology

is Whadeseyte , Whadeshate 1418 Chertsey,Wadeshete 1548LRMB . v. sceat . The first element may be wad , ' woad . '

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site

Other OS name