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.

Fallinge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Darley

Historical Forms

  • Falling(h)e e.13th Beau 1324 WollCh
  • Fallyng(e) 1330 Ass 1339 DbAxi 1348 DbAxxxvi
  • Falinges 1333 Inqaqd

Etymology

Fallinge, Falling (h )e e. 13thBeau , 1324WollCh (p), Fallyng (e )1330Ass (p), 1339 DbA xi(p), 1348 DbA xxxvi, Falinges 1333 Inq aqd. 'The fallow land', v. fælging . Ekwall (PN in -ing 23) notes the use of this word as a measure of land in the county, 'three falings of land' in 1269 Ass.