Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• land called Fortheye 1289 ADii

• Fortye 1392 Cl

• Forty 1574 HendonSurv

• Vorte 1480 RobinsonT

Etymology

Forty Hall and Forty Hill. Cf. Fortyehill , Fortye Greene 1610DuLa , Fortie greene , hill 1619 ib., Fortey green 1636 ib., Fortee hill 1686 ib., which must have been by the home of John atte Fortey (t. Ed 3 ib.) and John and Hugh Fortey (1420MinAcct ). 'In front of the well-watered land' from OE  forð and eg . Cf. Forty Green (PN Wo 202). Forty Hall and Hill are on ground rising gradually above the Lea marshes. Other examples in the county of this compound include land called Fortheye 1289 AD ii (Whitchurch), Fortye 1392 Cl (Fulham), Forty 1574 Hendon Surv (Hendon) and Vorte 1480 RobinsonT. Cf. also Forty Fm supra 52.