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 Folly

Other OS name in the Parish of Abenhall

Historical Forms

  • Falleye 1327 SR

Etymology

, 1838TA , perhaps identical with Falleye 1327SR (p) , v. falh ' fallow ' , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement