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.

Firetail Covert

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornby

Etymology

Firetail Covert (6″). firetail is a dialectal name for the redstart (NED s. n .).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement