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.

Waytown

Other OS name in the Parish of Barnstaple

Historical Forms

Waytowne 1618 Barum

Etymology

is Waytowne 1618 Barum . For the town , v. infra 676 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Barnstaple