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.

Farables Shaw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Glynde

Historical Forms

  • Forappellis 1333 Ct
  • atte Forapple 1296 SR

Etymology

Farables Shaw (6″) is Forappellis (1333Ct ) and is to be associated with Walter atte Forapple (1296 SR). Possibly fore-apple was the name for a tree bearing an early apple.

Places in the same Parish