Furzewick Fm and Furzewick Down
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wantage
Historical Forms
- Foteswycke 1278 Ipm
- Foteswik 1278 Cl
- Voteswik' 1284 Ass
- Fussick 1658 Throckmorton
- Furswick Farm 1761 Rocque
Etymology
Furzewick Fm and Furzewick Down, Foteswycke 1278 Ipm, Foteswik 1278 Cl, Voteswik '1284Ass (p), Fussick 1658Throckmorton , Furswick Farm 1761 Rocque. 'Fōt's dairy-farm', v. wīc . The pers.n. is not recorded in OE , but occurs as a nickname in DB: Goduin ' fot was the tenant TRE of the K manor later known as Foots Cray (PN K 18–19).Cf. also BdHu 114, s. n. Fotsey , where it is suggested that there was an OE name corresponding to the ON nickname Fótr , which latter is probably found in Foston (Lei, Nf, L, YN, YE) and Fosdyke (L).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Cockrow Plantation
- Emerald Hill
- St Mary's Hill
- Alfred's Well
- Angeldown Fm
- The Ark
- Ashen Pen
- Beckett Ho
- Belmont, Belmont Bridge, Belmont Fm and Belmont Terrace
- Black Bushes
- Brooklands
- The Croft
- Red Ho
- Chain Hill
- Edgehill Cottage and Edgehill Springs
- Furzewick Plantation
- The Ham, Ham Mill
- High Garden
- Hunters Bridge
- Ickleton Ho
- Lattin Down, Lattindown Fm
- Letcombe Plantation
- Manor Fm
- Manor Rd
- The Mead
- Middle Covert
- Nalder Town
- Pewit Fm and Pewit Plantation
- Cow Leaze
- Field Barn Buildings
- St Michael's Ho
- Stiles's Almshouses
- Stirlings
- Stockham
- White Ho
- Winslow Ho