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.

Fursham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Drewsteignton

Historical Forms

Fierseham 1086 DB

Fursham 1244 FF

Forsham 1275 RH

Frusham 1327 Ass

Etymology

'Furse ham(m).'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Drewsteignton