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.

Upavon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Upavon

Historical Forms

  • Oppavrene 1086 DB
  • Upeavena 1172 P
  • Uppehavene 1268 Ass
  • Uphavene 1176 P 1198 Abbr
  • Huphavene 1202 Cur 1203 Bracton
  • Upavene 1211 RBE c.1230 SarumCh
  • Uphaven t.Eliz WMxxi

Etymology

('Settlement) further up the river Avon' (supra 1), in distinction from Netheravon infra 331.

Places in the same Parish