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.

Foulness

Major Settlement in the Parish of Foulness

Historical Forms

  • Fulenesse c.1190 Bodl
  • Fulnes(se) 1235 Pat 1270 FF 1274 Cl
  • Fuelnesse 1218 FF
  • Fughelnes(se) a.1219 BM 1324 Ch
  • Fulgenesse 1244 DKRxxxv
  • Fulhenesse 1285 QW
  • Folnesse 1273 Ipm 1473 Pat
  • Foulnes(se) 1273 Ipm 1326 Pat
  • Foulnesam insulam 1412 FA
  • Fowelness 1312 Inqaqd
  • Foulneys 1537 LP
  • Fulnez 1537 Dugdv

Etymology

OE  fugla -næss , 'wild birds' ness,' v. fugol , næss .