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.

Vote Way

Field in the Parish of Woolland

Historical Forms

Vote Way 1384 Prideaux

bowtwey 1385 MiltRoll

Etymology

Vote Way 1384(e16), bowtwey(sic) 1385(e15)(v. weg, first el. fōt'foot', or, if the second form is more reliable,bōt'benefit')

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Woolland