Brownsover
Major Settlement in the Parish of Brownsover
Historical Forms
- Gavra 1086 DB
- Wavere c.1170 Ch 1318 Pat 1318
- Bruneswauure t.Hy3 BM
- Bruneswavere 1235 Fees c.1245 BM
- Bruneswaure 1299 Ch
- Broneswavere 1245 BM
- Brounesware 1324 Ipm 1325 Cl
- Brouneswovere al. Brueswovere 1313 Ipm
- Brouneswover 1394 Ass 1430 FF
- Browneswovere 1486 Ipm
- Brownes Over 1548 Pat
- Bruno in 1086 (DB)
Etymology
This name must be taken together with Churchover and Cesters Over infra 103, 113. All three places lie on or near the river Swift, a tributary of the Avon. It seems likely that Waver was an earlier name of this river, identical in origin with Waver (Cu) (RN 440), containing the OE wæfre , 'wandering, flickering,' noted under Warton supra 23. Cf. super aquam voc. Wovere Watir quoted by Dugdale (14) from an undated document. For other interpretations of the river-name v. RN 440–1. Brownsover was held by Bruno in 1086 (DB).
Places in the same Parish
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