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.

Rewe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Rewe

Historical Forms

  • Reuwa 1086 DB
  • Rewe 1242 Fees773
  • Rewe juxta Stok Canonicorum 1288 Ass
  • Rewe juxta Sulferton 1289 Ass
  • Rewes 1252–71 Ipm 1279 Exon
  • Rew oth. Row 1750 Recov

Etymology

v. ræw . The village extends along the main road for some way and the parish borders on Stoke Canon.

Places in the same Parish