Fanshaw Gate
Early-attested site in the Parish of Holmesfield
Historical Forms
- le Faunchallegatehede 1456 WollCh
- Fawnchallegate 1472 ib
- Fawnchall gate 1494 DbAxx
- Fanshaw Yate 1576 ib
Etymology
Fanshaw Gate, le Faunchallegatehede 1456WollCh , Fawnchallegate 1472 ib, Fawnchall gate 1494 DbA xx, Fanshaw Yate 1576 ib. It is impossible to be certain whether Gate is geat 'gate or gata 'road', the spelling Yate indicating the former, the 1456 form perhaps the latter. It is named from the Faunchall , Fanshaw family, cf. John Faunchall 1431WollCh .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Adamfield Fm
- Bank Green
- Bank Wood
- Barbrook Bridge
- Bole Hill
- Bucka Hill
- Burrs Wood
- Carr Top
- Cartledge Lane and Castle Hill
- Cockshutts Wood
- Cordwell Lane
- Durbrooks
- Eweford Bridge
- Fanshaw Gate Lane
- Flask Edge
- Fox Lane, Foxlane Fm
- Grimsell Lane
- Hall Fm
- Hewett's Bank
- Hob Lane
- Holmesfield Common
- Holmesfield Park Wood
- Horsleygate Lane
- Knowles Fm
- Lidgate
- Little Chatsworth
- Millthorpe Lane
- Mooredge Fm
- Moorwood
- Owler Bar
- Peacock Inn
- Pewit
- Ramsley Lodge
- Robin Hood Inn
- Salter Sitch
- Shillito Wood
- Sid Lane
- Storth Ho
- Tenteryard Plantation
- Thickwood Lodge
- Unthank Bank and Unthank Lane
- Birks
- Greave's Piece
- Owler Lee