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Survey of English Place-Names

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Eaming Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Hevening 12 Pont
  • Heyinges (sic) c.1200 ib
  • Heveninges 1578,1597 MinAcct
  • Eyming Wood 1778 Fairb

Etymology

, 1841O.S. , Hevening 12 Pont, Heyinges (sic)c. 1200 ib, Heveninges 1578,1597MinAcct , Eyming Wood 1778 Fairb , possibly ' level meadows ' , v. efen ( with a variant emn ) ' even, flat ' , eng , but in view of the early - ing it may be an OE  efening , emning ' level place ' ( formed from efen with - ing 1 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site