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.

Whaw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Arkengarthdale

Historical Forms

  • Kiwawe 1280 YI 1283 Rich
  • le Kuawe 1285 YI
  • Quagh 1342 VCH

Etymology

'Enclosure near the fold' from ON  kví 'pen, fold (where sheep are milked)' and hagi. Cf. ON  kvíagarðr 'a pen.' For wh -v. Whenby 30supra .