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.

The Firth Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slingsby

Historical Forms

  • le Frythe 1301 YI

Etymology

'The wood' v. fyrhþ .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement