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.

Twitchen

Other OS name in the Parish of Morthoe

Historical Forms

  • Twychyn 1549 Pat

Etymology

is Twychyn 1549 Pat . ' Crossways , ' cf. Twitcheninfra 57 . Four tracks meet here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement