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.

Farnah Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Windley

Historical Forms

  • Farnar 1689 ParRegDuffield

Etymology

, cf. Farnalle 1389DuLa , Farnewalle hyrne 1482MinAcct , Farnohiron 1619DuLa ( v. hyrne ) , Farnar 1689 ParReg Duffield , perhaps ' fern spring ' , v. fearn , wælla , with the common weakening of the final element in names in wælla .

Places in the same Parish