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.

Withies Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • Wethers 1535 Ct
  • ground…called Wythers 1568 Hutch3
  • close called Withers 1609 LRMB
  • Withers Fm 1811 OS

Etymology

, Wethers 1535Ct , groundcalled Wythers 1568 Hutch3,close called Withers 1609LRMB , Withers Fm 1811 OS , cf. Richard Wyther de Motecumbe 1270For , Roger Wyther 1327SR .