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.

Viney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Awre

Historical Forms

  • Fineeth(way) 1282 For
  • Veney 1622 FF
  • the Vyney, le Vyney 1629 Inq 1635 For27

Etymology

Viney, Fineeth (way )1282For , Veney 1622FF , the Vyney , le Vyney 1629 Inq, 1635For 27. Possibly a compound of OE  fīn 'heap (of wood)' and hǣð 'heath' or (ge)hæg 'enclosure'; cf. Löfvenberg 64 for similar compounds; it is repeated as Fynehehill (247 supra ).