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.

Fair Fd

Other OS name in the Parish of Dorchester St Peter & All Saints

Etymology

, cf. Fair Grd , Fair Plot 1841TA , where fairs were held , v. feire ; on fairs in Dorchester , v. DorR 501–6 .