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.

Fern Hill

Field in the Parish of Scraptoft

Historical Forms

  • 1781 Map 1850 TA
  • Fernehill Close 1623 Deed

Etymology

Fern Hill 1781, 1850 (Fernehill Close 1623, v. fearn)