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.

Eye Bridge & Eye Md

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pamphill

Historical Forms

  • Eye 1253 Drew
  • ? Hya 1372 ChrP
  • pastur' de Ey, prat' de Ey, Ymede 1468 MinAcct
  • Ey mede, Eylezen 1547 DLMB
  • Eye Meade, Eye Meadow, Eye Leasinge, Ile leises, Ile Meadowe 1591 ib
  • Eye Meade 1598 DLComm

Etymology

Eye Bridge & Eye Md (SY 995995), (6 acres in) Eye 1253 Drew, ? Hya n.d. (1372) ChrP , pastur ' de Ey , prat ' de Ey , Ymede 1468MinAcct , Ey mede , Eylezen 1547DLMB , Eye Meade , Eye Meadow , Eye Leasinge , Ile leises , Ile Meadowe 1591ib , Eye Meade 1598DLComm , from ēg , WSax  ī(e)g 'an island', replaced in some 16th cent, forms by ME  ile 'an island', with mǣd 'meadow', lǣs 'meadowland' (with ME  pl. -en ), cf. Eye He, Mx, etc (DEPN), v. Weir Lane infra . Eye Md is encircled by R. Stour and its tributaries.