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.

Trow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Salcombe Regis

Historical Forms

  • Trowe 1282 DCoNQ3,47
  • atte Trewen 1333 SR

Etymology

'At the tree(s),' the last form representing the weak plural, v. supra 130.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement