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.

Foreshield

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Foresheild 1632 ib
  • Fore sheall 1715 PR

Etymology

is Foresheild 1632 ib., Fore sheall 1715 PR . v. schele .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement