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.

Fall

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • ye Fall, Eastfall, Lytlefall 1580 Skp

Etymology

, y e Fall , Eastfall , Lytlefall 1580Skp 24 , v. (ge)fall ' place wheretrees have been felled, clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site