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.

Fox Covert

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornton Curtis

Historical Forms

  • Fox Cover 1833 Yarb 1850 TA
  • Gorse Cover 1824 O

Etymology

, Fox Cover 1833Yarb , 1850TA , and isGorse Cover 1824 O , cf. Fox Cover Close 1850TA .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement