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.

Reeve

Other OS name in the Parish of Brushford

Historical Forms

  • atte Rewe 1394 Ass
  • Westrewe 1562 FF
  • Reeve 1765 D
  • Rew oth. Reeve 1797 Recov

Etymology

is atte Rewe 1394Ass (p), Westrewe 1562FF , Reeve 1765 D, Rew oth . Reeve 1797Recov . v. ræw . For the interchange of v and w , v. supra xxxv .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement