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.

Far Thorn

Field in the Parish of Findern

Historical Forms

  • 1840 Rate (WF)
  • le Foulthorne 1420 DbCh
  • Fowthorne 1691 Deed
  • Foulthorne 1729 Deed

Etymology

Far Thorn(le Foulthorne 1420, Fowthorne 1691, Foulthorne 1729 Deed, v. fūl, þorn)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement