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.

Fairhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Farehill 1597 Derwent
  • Fayerhill 1631 ib
  • Fairehill 1634 ib

Etymology

is Farehill 1597Derwent , Fayerhill 1631 ib., Fairehill 1634 ib . Apparently ' beautiful hill , ' v. fæger .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement