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.

Oving

Major Settlement in the Parish of Oving

Historical Forms

  • Olvonge 1086 DB
  • Huuinga Mainfelini 1167 P
  • Vuinges Ri P 1237–40 Fees 1320 Ch
  • Uving(k)e 1222 WellsR
  • Ovinge 1240 Gross 1242 Fees884 13th ADvi
  • Ouinges 1241,1262 Ass
  • Vuinge 1247 Ass
  • Ovinghes 1255 For
  • Ouvinge 1273 Ipm
  • Owyngge 1276 RH
  • Evinge 1284 FA
  • Evynge 1316 FA
  • Howyng 1307 Mert
  • Ovyng 1321 BM 1358 ADiii 1488 Ipm
  • Ovynk 1323 Cl
  • Ouvyng 1353 Cl
  • Ovyngge 1381 Pat
  • Uuing 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

OE  Ufingas , 'Ufa's people,' v. EPN 41 (last paragraph).Oving (Sx) is identical in origin as well as in modern form.

Places in the same Parish

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