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.

Place Fell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Plesterfeld 1256 Ass4
  • Plescefel 1266 Lanc 1337 Lowth
  • Plessefeld 1256 Ass4
  • Plessef(f)el 1279 1339 Lowth
  • Plesefel 1279 Ass10
  • Plesfel 1278 Ass 9d, Lowth
  • Pless-Fell 1787 Clarke
  • Placefell 1588 Rent 1793 WestM 1823 M

Etymology

v. fjall 'hill', here a lofty crag-bound mountain. The first el. is obscure, but it could formally be OE  plætse , plæce , ME  place , plasce , 'open place' (ultimately from Lat  platea ), but its use here cannot be easily explained.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name