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.

Fairmile

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cobham

Historical Forms

  • Fair Mile 1749 B

Etymology

Fairmile is Fair Mile 1749 B. This name, like Fairmile (PN D 605), must have referred originally to a dry straight stretch of the (Portsmouth) road here.