William Dargue - A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . .  from A to Y

Eachway

B45 - Grid reference SO988767

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Etchey: first record 1795

Eachway is marked on the 1887 Ordnance Survey map on Eachway Lane south of the junction with Rednal Hill Lane and at the foot of the northern slopes of Rednal Hill. No buildings are shown here at that time. The name is recorded too late to determine its origin. However, it may possibly derive from Old English echels meaning 'land added on (to an estate, probably elsewhere)' + (ge)haeg meaning 'enclosure'.

William Dargue 27.11.08

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Map below reproduced from Andrew Rowbottom’s website of Old Ordnance Survey maps Popular Edition, Birmingham 1921. See Acknowledgements. Click the map to link to that website.