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.

Avens House, Avens Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skelton

Historical Forms

  • le hauenes 1273 YI

Etymology

'The havens' from OE  hæfen ; the sense in which the word is used is not clear but it is probably 'refuge, shelter' (cf. NED s.v. haven ).