Fishacre
Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadhempston
Historical Forms
- Fishacre 1210–12 RBE
- Fisacre 1242 Fees769
- Fischacre 1260 Ipm
- Fissakere 1265 Exon
- Fissacre 1276 Cl
- Fysshacre 1359 Ass
Etymology
The meaning of the compound is not very clear. It may have referred to a field for which dead fish were used as manure, or possibly to a field where fish were found after some inundation. The land here is low-lying.