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.

Great Fairwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tedburn St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Feyrwod 1244 Ass
  • Fairewode 1275 RH 1285 FA
  • Farewode 1301 Ipm 1303 FA
  • Feirwod 1346 FA
  • Fayrewode 1333 SR

Etymology

'Beautiful wood,' v. fæger .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement