Eye
Major Settlement in the Parish of Eye
Historical Forms
- Ege 963 ASC 12th Dugdi,390 c.1115
- Eia 1125–8 ChronPetro
- Eya 1189(1332),1227 Ch
- Eye 1284 FA 1305 Pat 1306,1348 Ch
Etymology
'Island,' v. eg . Bridges (ii, 513) says it is “situate on a rising ground, and, before the draining of the fen, in winter time (was) surrounded by water.”