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.

Wivenhoe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wivenhoe

Historical Forms

  • Wiunhov (sic) 1086 DB
  • Wethenho 1198 Colch
  • Wyvenho, Wyvenhoo, Wyvenhowe 1238 SR 1548 FF
  • Wyfenho 1384 Ch
  • Wihenho, Wiuenho t.Hy3 Colch
  • Wyveho 1302 Ipm
  • Wewynhoo 1334,1335 Oath
  • Wywenowe 1507 EAS(OS)iii
  • Wywenhoo 1536 LP
  • Weffenhoo 1348 Oath
  • Wevenho(o) 1361 Cl 1408 IpmR 1412 FA
  • Weveno 1454 Pat
  • Wybenhoo 1514 LP
  • Vyvenoe 1544 ib

Etymology

'Wifa 's ridge,' v. hoh and cf. to wifan stoccæ (BCS 624) and Wiveton (Nf).

Places in the same Parish