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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fordingdale Force

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Faldingdale 1285–90 Lowth

Etymology

, 1859OS , Faldingdale 1285–90Lowth , v. falding ' folding of animals ' , dæl ; for the spelling Ford - cf. Walm Howe (supra ) , v. fors ' waterfall ' .