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.

Water Ho, Waters

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Watter 1672 NWm

Etymology

( 1829 Dir ) , named from the family of John Watter (1672 NWm 209) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement