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.

Compton Ivers

Other OS name in the Parish of Compton Chamberlayne

Historical Forms

  • la Vuere (sic) 1328 WIpm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is la Vuere (sic)1328WIpm . ' Steep slope or bank , ' v. Rivar supra 355 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement