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.

Backway

Other OS name in the Parish of Shebbear

Historical Forms

  • Badekeweye 1330 SR
  • Backway 1581 SR

Etymology

is Badekeweye 1330SR (p), Backway 1581SR . ' Beadeca 's way or path . '