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.
Survey of English place-names
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Waytown
Waytown
Other OS name in the Parish of Broadhempston
Historical Forms
Waytown
1790
Recov
Etymology
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Waytown
1790
Recov
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Other OS name
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Old Walls
Major Settlement
Broadhempston