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.

Priors Haw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodnewton

Historical Forms

  • Hawe t.Ed1 PeterbB
  • boscus prioris de Finshed qui vocatur Hall al. the Priors Hall 1642 WoodsRept

Etymology

Priors Haw (6″) is Hawe t. Ed 1PeterbB , boscus prioris de Finshed qui vocatur Hall al. the Priors Hall 1642 Woods Rept.v. haga . For the modern form cf. Weekley Hall supra 173.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement