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.

Fatland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Catsfield

Historical Forms

  • Fatland 1580 AsM
  • Fertland al. Fatlands 1622 SRS14,14

Etymology

Fatland (6″) is Fatland 1580AsM , Fertland al. Fatlands 1622 SRS 14, 14. Perhaps a compound of OE  fyrhþe, cf. Vert Wood supra 403.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement