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.

Towney Bridge, Towney Lock

Early-attested site in the Parish of Padworth

Historical Forms

  • (seo mæd on) tun ege 956 BCS984 c.1240
  • Towney Field 1838 TA

Etymology

Towney Bridge, Towney Lock, (seo mæd on ) tun ege 956 (c. 1240) BCS 984, Towney Field 1838TA , 'island belonging to the tūn', v. (ī)eg, and cf. Borough Fm 133.