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.

Fobwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Downton

Historical Forms

  • (to) fobban wylle 672 BCS 12th 948 ib
  • Fobbewelle 1289 Ass 1341 Cor 1362,1368 For
  • Fobwell 1300 Stowe 1338 GDR

Etymology

Fobwell (lost) is (to ) fobban wylle 672 (12th) BCS 27, 948 ib. 862, Fobbewelle 1289Ass , 1341Cor , 1362, 1368For , Fobwell 1300Stowe 798, 1338GDR . 'Fobba 's spring,' v. wielle . Cf. Fovant supra 214.

Places in the same Parish