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.

Stowe Weir

Other OS name in the Parish of Tidenham

Historical Forms

  • Stawere c.1240 Ch 1307

Etymology

, Stawere c. 1240 (1307) Ch , probably ' stone weir ' , v. stān , wer , with loss of - n - before the labial ( cf. Phonol. § 37c ) .