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.

Spyway

Other OS name in the Parish of Askerswell

Etymology

1811 OS , cf. Spyway Cl , Gt Spyway Md , Lt Spyway 1839TA (Litton Ch.) , Spyway Pce 1845TA ; for other instances of this name , v. 139 , 291 and Burstock par . infra .