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.

Edstaston Park, Edstaston Higher Park

Other OS name in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • Le Newepark 1299 Ipm

Etymology

, t.ElizRentSur , 1833 OS . Garbet says that the “ new park ” was a wood in 1561 “ now divided into pastures and meadows ” , and that Park House is “ a convenient dwelling belonging to the larger of the two farms ” . Cf. ( wood called ) Le Newepark 1299 Ipm .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name