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.

St Joan's Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shipley

Etymology

St Joan's Fm (6″) is a corruption of St John 's , so called from the fact that the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem held a quarter fee in Shipley in 1428 (FA).