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.

Fitz

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blennerhasset and Kirkland

Historical Forms

  • le Fyche 1316 ADvi
  • le Maston Fittes 1395 Denton
  • The Fyttes 1606 CantWv

Etymology

This represents ME fittes , pl. of fit , 'meadow.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement