Clewer
Major Settlement in the Parish of Clewer
Historical Forms
- Clivore 1086 DB
- Cliuewara 1156 P
- Cliwara 1157,1158 P
- Clyeware 1284 Ass
- Clifwara 1159,1160,1167 P
- Cliffewar 1242–3 Fees
- Cleware 1289,1361 Fine 1517 DInc
- Cleuwar 1361 Fine
- Cluwar 1401–2 FA
- Cluer 1535 VE
- Clewar Brokas 1604 SpecCom
Etymology
'The dwellers on a river-bank', v. clif . The same name occurs in So, and the second el. is -ware 'inhabitants'. Clewer Brocas consisted of lands held by Sir John Brocas in the first half of the 14th cent. (VCH III, 71).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Ash Plantation
- Bell Fm
- Clewer Court
- Clewer Green
- Clewer Hall, Clewer Manor, Clewer Mead
- Clewer Hill Ho
- Clewer New Town
- Clewer Rd
- Dedworth Manor
- Devil's Gap
- Forest Park
- Gordon Rd
- Green Lane
- Hatch Lane
- High Standing Hill
- House of Mercy
- Kenton's Lane
- Manor House Fm
- Mill Ho
- Old House
- Nelson Rd
- New Rd
- Park Corner
- Parsonage Lane
- Queen Adelaide's Beech, Queen Adelaide's Ride
- Roses Lane
- St Leonard's Dale, St Leonard's Lodge, St Leonard's Rd
- Sefton Lawn
- Smith's Lane
- Sutherland Grange
- Swan Inn
- Three Elms P.H.
- Vale Fm
- White Lilies
- Winkfield Rd
- Withy Cover