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.

Wydra

Other OS name in the Parish of Fewston

Historical Forms

  • Withray 1562 WillY
  • Whidrah 1792 PRFew
  • Widrow 1797 ib

Etymology

, Withray 1562 WillY, Whidrah 1792 PRFew,Widrow 1797 ib , probably ' withy nook ' , v. víðir , vrá .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name