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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fulstone

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Fugelestun 1086 DB
  • Fugeleston 1298 WCR
  • Fugeliston 1274,1297 ib
  • Fugheleston 1306,1307 ib
  • Fogheleston 1313,1324 ib
  • Fuleston 1285 WCR
  • Fulleston 1492 MinAcct
  • Fouleston 1307,1313,1324 WCR
  • Foleston 1392 MinAcct
  • Fuston 1552 WillY
  • Foolstone 1709 WMB

Etymology

'Fugol's farmstead', from the OE  pers.n. Fugol , tūn.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site