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.

Fowgill

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Fowgyll, Fowgill 1571,1591,1607 FF
  • Fougill 1678 PR

Etymology

, Fowgyll , Fowgill 1571, 1591, 1607FF, Fougill 1678 PR , probably ' dirty ravine ' , v. fūl , gil .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement