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.

The Forty

Other OS name in the Parish of Bucklebury

Etymology

, 1817 OS , Green called The Forty 1698 , v. forð-ēg ' island in marshland ' , the site is a spur of land between two streams .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement