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.

Faulds

Other OS name in the Parish of Caldbeck

Historical Forms

  • Faldes 1560 Cocker
  • Folds 1754 CW(OS)ix
  • the Faulds 1777 NB
  • Falda 1285 For

Etymology

is Faldes 1560Cocker , Folds 1754 CW(OS) ix, the Faulds 1777 NB. It may be associated with the name ofHenry de Falda (1285For ) . v. fal(o)d .