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.

on fern helle

Field in the Parish of Compton Abbas

Historical Forms

  • on fern helle 956 ShaftR

Etymology

on fern helle('fern hill', v. fearn, hyll)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement