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.

Hayway Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadway

Historical Forms

  • Hegeweie, Hegewege 709 BCS125 12th KCD1368
  • Heigweig 854 BCS482 12th
  • Highway 1820 G
  • Hayway 1649 Surv

Etymology

'Hay-road,' v. heg , weg . There was another Heiweie in Charlton, c. 1220 (WoC ), Hayway 1649 (Surv).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement