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Survey of English Place-Names

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Viver

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Hencastre Vyver 1426 Kendii,174
  • Viuere 1540 MinAcct

Etymology

, 1818Kend iii, 240 , Hencastre Vyver (a pool) 1426 Kend ii, 174, Viuere 1540MinAcct , from ME  vivere ' pond ' ; this was a pool on the Hincaster boundary ; an earlier reference to ' the vivary ' is 1204–15Kend ii, 190 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site