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.

Forcett

Major Settlement in the Parish of Forcett

Historical Forms

  • Forset(a) 1086 DB
  • Forset(a) in Richemundshyr c.1150 Godr 1176 P 1367 ForP
  • Forsed 1086 DB
  • Forseth(e) 1280 YI 1301 LS
  • Forsett(e) 1285 KI 1519 FF

Etymology

'Shieling by the waterfall' v. fors , sætr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement