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.

Great Fall, Little Fall

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Fal 1235 FF
  • Silkston fall 1726 YDr

Etymology

, 1841 O.S. , Fal (a wood) 1235 FF,Silkston fall 1726 YDr , the name of an extensive wood , v. (ge)fall ' place where trees have been felled ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site