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.

Gallows Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Wrawby

Historical Forms

  • Fox Hall 1828 Bry

Etymology

is Fox Hall 1828 Bry , perhaps from the Fox family , cf. James Fox , Mrs Fox 1767Stubbs , the modern form being named from Melton Gallows in MeltonRoss supra .