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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fallows Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alderley

Historical Forms

  • le Falwitz 1199–1216 Orm2
  • Faluis 1274 ib
  • Falewys 1285 Eyre
  • le Falghes m13 Dav
  • (le) Faleg(h)es 1287 Court 1288 Eyre
  • Faleis 1313 Orm2
  • Falughes 1401 ib
  • (le) Fallowes 1364 Eyre
  • Fallowes Hall alias þe Hall of Fallowes 1697 Orm2
  • Falowes 1516 ChEx
  • þe Faloos 1450 Orm2

Etymology

'The ploughed lands', v. falh . le Falwitz is an Anglo-Norman spelling for Falwis (cf. ANInfl 37).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name