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 Wash

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Downham

Historical Forms

  • the Washes c.1840 TA

Etymology

is the Washes c. 1840TA , v . The Wash supra 212 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement