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.

Foghanger

Early-attested site in the Parish of Milton Abbot

Historical Forms

  • Foghauer (sic) 1242 Fees781
  • Foggehanger 1244 Ass
  • Foghangre 1346 FA
  • Foghanger 1504 Ipm
  • Froggaanger 1285 FA
  • Foghehangre 1330 SR
  • Foghehangher 1365 Ass
  • Foghehanger 1375 Ct

Etymology

Probably 'Focga 's slope,' v. hangra . For the pers. name Focga , v. Voghay infra 457. Alternatively one may have a compound of hangra and the dialectal fog .