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Patchway

settlement · South Gloucestershire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Patchway is an Old English place name, likely meaning 'the way or path marked by a patch of ground'. 'Patch' refers to a piece of ground, and 'way' means path or road.

Word origins

Patch
Old Englishpiece of ground(from pæcc "piece of ground")
way
Old Englishroad, path(from weg "road, path")