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.

Eshald Ho & Eshald Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • Eshald 1710 PRRth
  • Ashelwell 1841 TA

Etymology

, Eshald 1710 PRRth, Ashelwell 1841TA , doubtless named from a family called Eshald ( cf. Esholt pt . iv infra ) , known here from the sixteenth century ( PRRth freq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name