Wey, River

Wey, Northern
river
parish:
county:
coords:
Binsted
Hampshire
SU8144
county:

Surrey
parish:
parish:
parish:
county:

Bentley
Froyle
Alton
Hampshire
refce: JandMN
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXVIII.11
Wey
otherwise: waie; waiemuthe, 672-674; wegan, 956-1225; Waie, 1190-1193
refce: Coates 1989
WEY, river
A pre-English river name duplicated in the 'Wye' and the Dorset 'Wey'. Celtic origin is not provable; rather from some language spoken in England before British. Ekwall (1928) derives it from the hypothetical Indo European root 'uegh-'='move', and postulates the only philologically convincing way of linking the phonology of 'Wey' with that of 'Wye'.
description
 The place is described in text Walton 1820s
refce: Walton 1820s
flows from the Alton Hills towards the north-east. It passes through Surrey, and joins the Thames near Chertsey.
old map
 Shown on an old map by Perrot 1823
- Hamp
refce: Perrot 1823
(PER1HANT.jpg)
old gazetteer
 Wey

Period - 19th century, early
refce: Brookes 1815
a river that rises in Hampshire, flows through Surry by Godalming and Guidlford, and enters the Thames, at Weybridge.
old map
 Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
(HAR1SU84.jpg)
old map
 Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
refce: Badeslade 1742
old map
 Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
(MRD2SU84.jpg)
old map
 Wey fluv
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- river - Hampshire
refce: Ogilby 1675 (pl.51)
(OG51SU73.jpg)
old map
 Wey flvu.
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- river - Hampshire
refce: Ogilby 1675 (pl.51)
(OG51SU74.jpg)
old map
 Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- river - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU84.jpg)
old map
 Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- river - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
(NRD1SU84.jpg)
old map
 Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
refce: Keer 1620
(KER1SMAL.jpg)
old map
 Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- river - Southamtoniae
refce: Saxton 1575
(SAX1SU84.jpg)

Period - 16th century
refce: Lloyd 1573
(LLD1HAM.jpg)
old map
 see:- Gough Map

Period - 14th century (about 1360)
refce: Gough Map
Identified from Farnham.
(GOUGH1S.jpg)
Wey, River
otherwise: Way, river
refce: Ekwall, Eilert: 1927: English River Names: OUP
rises near Alton, flows 35m to Thames at Weybridge
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001