Forshaw Heath
Early-attested site in the Parish of Solihull
Historical Forms
- Fossawe 1309 ADii 1316 ADiv
- Fosshawe 1387,1609 FF
- Fosseshawe 1444 ib
- Foshaw(e) 1544,1655 ib
- Foreshoende 1580 Add
- Fossowende 1601 ParReg
- Foshawe al. Forshawe 1664 FF
Etymology
Forshaw Heath is Fossawe 1309 AD ii, 1316 AD iv, Fosshawe 1387, 1609FF , Fosseshawe 1444 ib., Foshaw (e )1544, 1655 ib., Foreshoende 1580Add , Fossowende 1601 ParReg, Foshawe al. Forshawe 1664FF . The forms are too late for any certainty.The first element may be the same word fos , 'ditch,' which is found in Fosse Way supra 7. Another possibility is that the name is for earlier foxa-sceaga , 'foxes' copse,' v. sceaga .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Billsmore Wood
- Blossomfield
- Catherine de Barnes Heath
- Dimple
- Kineton Green
- Ulverley Green and The Ulleries
- Danford Lane
- Haslucks Green
- Henwood Hall
- Lode Heath
- Longdon Hall
- Lovelace Lane (olim Hytall Lane)
- Lug Trout Lane
- Lyndon End
- Odensil Fm
- Olton
- Pow Grove
- Shelly Fm
- Shirley and Shirley Street
- Whitlocks End
- Widney Manor
- Copt Heath
- Kingsford
- Warstock
Other OS name
- Blackoak Wood
- Black Slade
- Pinfold Fm
- Stony
- Woods Fm
- Bentley Heath
- Birchy Leasow
- Cut-Throat Coppice
- Hatchford Bridge
- Hillfield Hall
- Maidens Bower
- Parish Poles
- Ravenshaw
- Row Wood Fm
- Sandyhill Fm
- Sharmans Cross
- Sherdmore(lost)
- Tainters Green
- Tan House Fm
- Tilehouse Green
- Truemans Heath
- Tyburn Fm
- Tythebarn Lane
- Warren Ho
- Waste Lane
- Whewporridge Lane
- Whitefields
- Worlds End
- Yew Tree Fm
- Castle Lane
- Chapel Fields Fm
- Coldlands Wood
- Colebrook
- Cow Hayes
- Grove Fm
- The Hermitage
- Herrings
- Hob's Moat
- Ivy Hall
- Lee Green
- Longmore Fm
- Lowbrook
- Moat Fm
- Parlour Coppice
- Solihull Hall
- Witley