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.

The Drove

Other OS name in the Parish of West Ashton

Historical Forms

  • Motweye t.Hy3 Edington

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is probably Motweye t. Hy 3Edington , leading to the moot on Whorwellsdown (supra 135–6) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement