Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• the Commom fould 1565 GrimsCLeet

• comon fold a1600,1707 ib

• Common Fold 1698 ib

• Common fold 1703,1707 ib

• Common fould 1723 ib

• the towne folde 1648 GrimsCBviii

• fold 1707 GrimsCLeet

• (the) fould 1725,1735 ib

Etymology

The Fold (lost), the Commom fould 1565GrimsCLeet , comon fold a1600, 1707ib , Common Fold 1698ib , Common fold 1703, 1707ib , Common fould 1723ib , the towne folde 1648GrimsCB viii , fold 1707GrimsCLeet , (the ) fould 1725, 1735ib , v. fald 'a small enclosure for animals' and cf. Pound infra .