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 Fence

Other OS name in the Parish of St Briavels

Historical Forms

  • bosc' voc' la defens 1282 For
  • the Fence 1652,1657 ParlSurv
  • Fence Forest 1830 M

Etymology

, bosc ' voc ' la defens 1282For , the Fence 1652, 1657ParlSurv , Fence Forest 1830 M , e.ModE fence , an aphetised form of ME  defens , in the sense ' fence, palisade ' , here an enclosed part of the Forest of Dean .