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.

Fulwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sutton in Ashfield

Historical Forms

  • Folewode
  • Folwode 1316 Pat
  • Fullewode t.Hy3 For 16th
  • Foulewod 1287 ib
  • Foullewod, Foulwod 1335 ib
  • Fulewod 1287 ib
  • Fulwo(o)de 1290 Abbr 1338 Cl 1445 Pat
  • Fulwodeside 1315 Ct
  • Fulwodnabbe 13th Felley

Etymology

'Foul, dirty wood,' v. ful . For nabbe , v. infra 288.