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.

  1. Longsight Lane (Other OS name, Cheadle, Cheshire)

    ( 101–869844 ) . This is a straight stretch of road 300 yards in length , providing a long ' sight ' or view , in the sense used in surveying etc . , v.

  2. New England (Other OS name, Derby Hills, Derbyshire)

    ( 6 ″ ) , 1771EnclA , v. infra 759

  3. New England (Other OS name, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire)

    is so named c. 1825 (O.S.)

  4. New England (Other OS name, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)

    is in the far north - west of the parish . v. infra 293