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.

Nether Exe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Nether Exe

Historical Forms

  • Niressa 1086 DB
  • Nitherexe 1196 AC 1214–23 StNicholas 1238 Ass
  • Netherexe 1238 Ass 1269 Exon
  • Nytheresse 1242 Fees773
  • Nether Exe juxta Exon 1295 Ass
  • Nethereux 1543 LP

Etymology

'Settlement lower down the Exe' as opposed to Up Exe supra 445, higher up the stream, v. neoðera .

Places in the same Parish

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