Ewen
Early-attested site in the Parish of Kemble
Historical Forms
- at Awilme, Awelm 931 BCS671 14th
- Euulme 931 BCS673 14th
- Ewulm 937 c.1125 ib
- Ewlma, Ewlme 1156 RegMalm 1332 SR
- Ewelme t.Hy3 1289 Ass 1428 FA
- Eywelm 1227 FF
- Ewolme 1284 RegMalm
- Yowelme 1623 FF
- Ewyn 1571 SR
- Ewen 1621 FF
- Yewelme alias Yewen 1736 Recov
- Yeoing 1773 AandD 1820 G
Etymology
This is OE æwielm, 'spring, source,' cf. Ewelme (PN O 102).Ewen derives its name from one of the springs which rise in this neighbourhood and this must be the one known as 'Thames Head,' since the field in which it is situated is called 'Yeoing Field' (Akermann in Archaeologia xxxvii, 116).