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.

Folly River

Early-attested site in the Parish of Peakirk

Etymology

Folly River (6″). In PeterbA we have mention in the 13th century of locum quem vocant Folies . Cf. Folly bank in 1753 (Fenland NQ ii).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement