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.

Waverlawns

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornford

Historical Forms

  • Weyfurlong' 1563 Digby
  • Weave(r)lands 1843,1849 TA

Etymology

, a house named from Weyfurlong '1563Digby , Weave (r )lands 1843, 1849TA , v. weg , furlang ; the TA field lies beside the road to Sherborne .