Farnhill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Farnhill
Historical Forms
- Fernehil 1086 DB
- Fernehill 1556 WillY
- Fernehell 1574 ib
- Fernhill, Fernhyll c.1140 Dugdvi 1155–87 YChvii 1537 Testvi
- Farnehil(l) 1135–54 YChvii 1259 Font 1537 Testvi
- Farnhil(l), Farnhille 1156 YCh 1230 Ebor 1254 YI 1423 Baild
- Pharenhill 13 YDix
- Little Farnhelle 1320 ADii
Etymology
'Hill overgrown with fern', v. fearn , hyll .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Badstone Hole
- Bareshaw Beck
- Browside
- Cononley Beck
- Cononley Ings & Cononley Moor
- Coppy Lane
- Dead Eye
- Gott Hill
- Hadfield
- Hen Gill
- Howefield
- Intake Head
- Moorfoot Lane
- Nethergill Bridge
- Oakhead
- Peat Gill (Head)
- Pismire Beck
- Royd Place
- Salter Ing Laithe
- Scar Cliff
- Spring Head
- Stockshott Lane
- Street Head
- Swire's Lane & Swire's Plant
- Town Head
- Weasel Green
- Windle Lane
- Woodside
- Crag Top
- Farnhill Hall, Farnhill Ings & Farnhill Moor
- Hardacre Cote & Hardacre Well
- Mill Bridge
- Fiddler Hill
- Great Gib & Little Gib
- Gill Head