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.

Fullingmill Cottages

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ardingly

Historical Forms

  • molendin' ffulretta 1309 Banco

Etymology

Fullingmill Cottages (6″) stand on the site of the molendin ' ffulretta of 1309 (Banco ). This mill must have been originally named from the dirty stream on which it stood, v. ful , riþ .