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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.

Fousill Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Daventry

Etymology

Fousill Wood (6″). Cf. Foweleswellehul 13th AD iii, Fouleswellehull 13th AD iv. 'Bird's spring,' v. fugol , wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement