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.

Fowrass

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skelton

Historical Forms

  • Fourhous 1274 Cl
  • Fowrass 1756 CWxliii
  • Fouras 1764 PR
  • Four House 1782 ib
  • le Fourhowis 1320 Ipm

Etymology

'Four mounds,' v. haugr and cf. Underfowers 1704Terrier in this parish, and le Fourhowis 1320 Ipm, in Scaleby.