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.

Troughfoot

Other OS name in the Parish of Plumpton Wall

Historical Forms

  • Troughfoote 1619 ExchKR 1677 Rental

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Troughfoote 1619ExchKR , 1677Rental Cf. le Trough heued 1331For , Trough-head 1677Rental . The trough is presumably the valley of Blackrack Beck . v. trog .