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Survey of English Place-Names

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Waver Spring

Other OS name in the Parish of Collingham

Historical Forms

  • Waver Hill 1849 TA

Etymology

, Waver Hill 1849TA , v. wæfre , dial . waver ' common pool ' , cf. the Waver ii,173supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement