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.

Edgware

Major Settlement in the Parish of Edgware

Historical Forms

  • (innan) Ægces wer 972–8 BCS1290
  • Eggeswera 1168 P
  • Eggeswere 1176 RecStBarts 1183 P 1411 FF
  • Heggeswere 1197 ib
  • Eggeswar 1475 PCC
  • Edgesware 1543 LP
  • Egeswere 1199 FF 1341 NI
  • Heggwere 1202 FF
  • Eggwere 1270 ADii
  • Eggewere 1294 Ch 1389 Pat
  • Eggeware 1310,1475 ib
  • Egewar 1537 FF
  • Egeswurth 1235 Ass
  • Egewere c.1250 ADii 1290 Cl 1310 Pat
  • Edggeware 1489 AllSouls
  • Edgeware 1495 Pat 1541 FF
  • Edgware 1531 LP
  • Edgewarth 1545 LP
  • Edgeworth 1546 1703 ParReg(S.Mimms)

Etymology

'Ecgi 's weir or fishing pool,' v. wer .