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.

Forcegreen

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Force greene 1699 Derwent

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Force greene 1699Derwent , so named from a waterfall on Garrigill Burn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement