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.

Lew

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lew

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Hlæwe 984 Hengwrt 14th
  • Lewa 1086 DB
  • Lewe 1185,6 P 1201 FF 1316 FA 1328 Ipm
  • Lewes 1195 Os 1338–9 FA 1346
  • Lewes Margerie 1220 Fees
  • Lehwes 1225–8 Eynsh
  • Leawe 1331 BC c.1444
  • Leuwe 1341 Ipm
  • Lawe 1384 Eynsh

Etymology

'(At the) tumulus,' v. hlǣw (under hlāw ).

Places in the same Parish

None