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.

Faweather

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bingley

Historical Forms

  • Faghadre Hy1 Dugdvi
  • Faghedre 1130–9 YChvi
  • Fagheder c.1230 YDi 1235 FF 1333 Riev
  • Fahedder 1276 RH
  • Faheddre 1285 Riev
  • Faued(d)re 1150–60 YCh 1160 Riev
  • Favedre 12,1333 Riev
  • Fawedre 13 Drax47d 1539 Riev
  • Alde Fawedre 13 Drax47d
  • Fawatter other waies called Fayrewether 1540 Testvi
  • Fawe(a)ther 1616 FF 1636 WillY
  • Foweather 1779 PRAdd

Etymology

'Many-coloured heather', v. fāg , hǣddre , an early instance of the use of this word for heather .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

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