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.

Fairby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tiverton

Historical Forms

  • Fayrebye 1280 Ass
  • la Fayreby 1286 Ass
  • Fayrebye juxta Magna Twyverton 1310 Ass

Etymology

'Fair bend,' cf. Veraby supra 384. It is in a bend of the Exe.