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.

Kew

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kew

Historical Forms

  • Cayho 1327 HaRecSocvi 1501 ADiii 1529 AD t.Hy8 MinAcct
  • Cayhoo 1530 Recov
  • Cao 1536 LP
  • Kayho juxta Braynforde 1330,1335 HaRecSocvi
  • Kayho 1375 Merton 1434 Ct
  • Kayhoo 1522 FF
  • Kaiho 1524 MandB
  • Kayhog 1348 Ct
  • Kayhough t.Hy7 MandB
  • Keyhow 1439 Ct
  • Keyomede t.Hy8 MinAcct
  • Kayowe 1441 FF
  • Kayo 1483 Pat 1509 LP 1532 Recov 1541 SACviii
  • Kewe 1535 VE
  • Ceu 1607 SACxiii
  • Kewegreene 1609 LRMB

Etymology

We probably have here a name of Middle English origin, a compound of ME  caye , keye , 'wharf, quay,' and the common ho , 'spur of land,' from hoh . Hence 'spur of land by the wharf or quay.'

Places in the same Parish

None