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.

Forty Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Harrow

Historical Forms

  • Wembleyfortye 1446 MxRec

Etymology

Forty Fm is Wembleyfortye 1446MxRec . Cf. Forty Green 1754 R. For the sense cf. Forty Hill infra 73. The farm was near Wembley just by Wealdstone Brook.