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.

Netheravon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Netheravon

Historical Forms

  • Nigravre, Nigra avra 1086 DB
  • Nederauena 1149–53 AC
  • Nedheravena 1158 HMCVari
  • Neðerauena 1173,1176 P
  • Netheraven 1212 ClR
  • Niterehavene 1211 RBE
  • Netherhaven 1493 Sadler t.Eliz WMxxi 1675 Ogilby
  • Nutheravene 1226 StOsmund 1249,1345 Ass

Etymology

'(Settlement) further down the Avon,' in distinction from Upavon supra 324, v. neoðere .