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.

Foyles

Field in the Parish of Shaftesbury

Historical Forms

  • Foyles 1615 Hutch

Etymology

Foyles 1615(a house belonging to the Foyle family, v. Hutch3 3 40)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement