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.

hawismarforthewang

Field in the Parish of Wyham cum Cadeby

Historical Forms

  • hawismarforthewang 1319 Spald
  • Hawismarforthewang 1330 Spald

Etymology

hawismarforthewang 1319(c.1331), Hawismarforthewang 1330(c.1331)(probably'Hawis' boundary furrow', v. marfur, with vangr, the first el. is the ME (OFr )feminine pers.n. Haueis, ultimately from Frankish Hadwidis)