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.

Fairwater Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Hawkchurch

Etymology

, at the source of Fair Water , a tributary of Blackwater River , v. hēafod , RNs . infra , cf. Robert atte Watere 1327, 1332 SR .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement