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.

Foulsnape

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pontefract

Historical Forms

  • Fulsnaph 12 Pont
  • Fulsnap(e) c.1210,c.1216,1235 1546 YChant
  • Fulsnaape 1475 TestLds
  • Foul(e)snape 1464 DodsN
  • Foul(e)snapp 1566 FF

Etymology

Foulsnape (lost), Fulsnaph 12 Pont, Fulsnap (e )c. 1210, c. 1216, 1235 ib, 1546 YChant, Fulsnaape 1475 TestLds, Foul (e )snape 1464 DodsN, Foul (e )snapp 1566 FF. 'Foul poor pasture', v. fūl , snap or snæp 'boggy ground'.