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.

Meadow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wormhill

Historical Forms

  • Med(e)we 1251,1252 DbAv 1254 LichChart 1269 FF 1285 For
  • la Medowe 1319 1319 Misc

Etymology

Meadow, Med (e )we 1251, 1252 DbA v, 1254LichChart , 1269 FF, 1285For , la Medowe 1319 ib, 1319 Misc. v. mǣd (dat.sg. mǣdwe ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement