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.

Horse Fair

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • the hors Fayr stede 1507 GrimsCBi

Etymology

Horse Fair (lost), the hors Fayr stede 1507GrimsCB i , v. stede 'a place', a name not included in Sandred.