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.

Foldes

Field in the Parish of Stokesby with Herringby

Historical Forms

  • Foldes 1511 Phillipps
  • ffoldes 1534 Phillipps

Etymology

Foldes 1511 Phillipps, ffoldes 1534 Phillipps(v. fald, falod, previous name forBakerscroft)