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.

North Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Loughton

Historical Forms

  • North 1717 Loughton

Etymology

North Fm (6″) was formerly Edwards or Eddowes field and Baalands ; Ballandes in 1460 and Baalands in 1830, from the family of John Ballond (1539); Richard Edward 's meadow in 1593. The modern name derives from the family of John North (1717 Loughton).