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.

Mow Fen

Other OS name in the Parish of Swavesey

Historical Forms

  • the Mowe fen ib.
  • Swacye Mowfen 1636 BedL

Etymology

is the Mowe fen ib.,Swacye Mowfen 1636 BedL , v. infra 179 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement