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.

Fernhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shaugh

Historical Forms

Fernehella 1086 DB

Fernhille 1242 Fees775

Fernhulle 1306 Ipm

Farnhill 1291 Dartmoor 1408

Etymology

'Bracken hill,' v. fearn , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Shaugh