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.

Weekhayne

Other OS name in the Parish of Southleigh

Historical Forms

  • Whetheghes 1262 FF
  • Wheathayne 1618 FF

Etymology

is Whetheghes 1262 FF, Wheathayne 1618FF . ' Wheat farm , ' v. supra 129 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement