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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.

Spyway (Ctg)

Other OS name in the Parish of Affpuddle

Historical Forms

  • Spyway 1769 Brock 1811 OS

Etymology

, Spyway 1769 Brock, 1811 OS , cf. Spyway Md , Spyway Pasture , West Cl or Spy wayCl 1838TA , no doubt analogous with Spyway Barn in Langton Mat . par . supra ; there is only a gentle rise in the ground here .