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.

Foulsyke

Other OS name in the Parish of Nether Wasdale

Historical Forms

  • Foulesikehead 1570 ExchKR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is connected with Foulesikehead 1570ExchKR . v. fūl , sīc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement