Waverley Abbey
Early-attested site in the Parish of Farnham
Historical Forms
- Waverleiacum, Vaverliacum c.1140 Ch 1318
- Wauerleia 1147 BM
- Waferlewe 1265 Misc
Etymology
Waverley Abbey is Waverleiacum , Vaverliacum c. 1140 (1318) Ch, Wauerleia 1147 BMet passim , with variant spellings Waverleia and Wauerlegh (e ), Wauerley (e ), Wauerlai , Wauerlei , Wauerle , Waferlewe 1265 Misc. It is probable that here, as first suggested by Ekwall (PN La 112), s. n. Wavertree, we have a lost OE wǣfre , denoting low swampy ground, or the like, cognate with LGer waver , 'quaking swamp,' which Förstemann (ON ii, 1258) finds in various p.n.'s Woevre , Wavre and the like. Cf. Wavermede (1358 Cl) in Lambeth.Waverley lies by the Wey. Hence 'clearing or woodland in marshy ground,' v. leah . Waverley Abbey was formerly extra-parochial.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Dippenhall
- Tilfordhill and Tilfordhill Mill
- Weydon Mill
- Crooksbury Hill
- Heygate
- High Mill
- Moorpark
- Ottering Wood
- The Reeds
- Rowledge
- Runfold
- Runwick Ho
- Snailslinch Fm
- Tilford
- Weybourne
- Wrecclesham
- Badshot, Badshot Lea
- Bourne
- Cockner
- Dogflood
- Tilhill Fm
- Whitmead
- Willey Ho and Mill
Other OS name
- Bricksbury Hill
- Hallimore Hill
- Hale
- Manleybridge Fm
- Green Lane Fm
- Hog Hatch
- Homefield
- Hungry Hill
- Lawday Ho Fm
- Myers Hill
- Normanswood
- Farnham Park
- Red Hill
- Ricketts Hill
- Rock Ho
- Rowhill Copse
- Sheephatch
- Tilford Bridge
- Uplands
- Wells Copse
- Westfields
- Whitewaysend Ho
- Broadwell's Copse
- Bushyreeds Copse
- Charleshill
- Claypit Wood
- Compton
- Culverlands
- The Folly
- Long Bridge