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.

vrchin furlong

Field in the Parish of Wold Newton

Historical Forms

vrchin furlong 1697 Terrier

Urchin furlong 1703 MiD

Etymology

vrchin furlong 1697, Urchin furlong 1703('hedgehog furlong', from furlang, with ME urchen'ahedgehog')

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Wold Newton