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.

Foolow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Foolow

Historical Forms

  • Foulowe, Fowlowe 1269 Ass c.1270 Derby 1283 Ipm 1451 DbAxxxiv
  • Fowelowe 1296,1310,1359,1366 Derby
  • Fouwelowe 1370 ShefBC
  • Foulhowe 1301 Pat
  • Fuwelowe 1338 Ipm
  • Followe 1301 SR 1431 FA
  • Fulowe 1329 WollCh
  • Folow(e) 1354 WollCh 1365 Derby 1377 ShefBC 17th
  • Folawe 1416 Fine
  • Foolowe Ed4 DuLa 1610 WollCh

Etymology

Probably 'multi-coloured hill', v. fāg , hlāw . For the development v. Addenda. In the spelling Foulhowe there has been confusion with fūl and hōh .