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.

The Whewes

Other OS name in the Parish of Capel

Historical Forms

  • Whewes 1597 Norfolk
  • Weeves 1576 SACxxxiii

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Whewes 1597Norfolk , Weeves 1576 SAC xxxiii . Cf. ViewsWood (PN Sx 392) .