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.

Spurway Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Oakford

Historical Forms

  • Espreuweia, Sprewea 1086 DB
  • Spreweye 1242 Fees793 1244 Ass
  • Westspreweye 1276 Ipm
  • Spreyweye 1303 FA
  • Estspirweye 1345 Ass
  • Estspyrwey(e) 1370,1427 Ass
  • Spryweye 1356 Ipm
  • Spurwey 1489 Ipm

Etymology

'Track or path through brushwood,' v. weg and cf. Sprytown supra 208.