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.

Weir

Other OS name in the Parish of Milford

Historical Forms

  • le Were 1508 DuLaMB
  • le Weare 1577 DuLa

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Were 1508DuLaMB , le Weare 1577DuLa , v. wer .