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.

Avonmouth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Henbury

Etymology

Avonmouth, a modern port at the mouth of the Avon (i, 3supra ); Afenemuþan 918A (10–11) ASC, 915, 1052D (10–11) ASC is the estuary of the Avon, not the town; v. mūða 'river-mouth'.