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.

Furzedown

Other OS name in the Parish of Malborough

Historical Forms

  • Fursen t.Hy8 MinAcct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Fursen t. Hy 8MinAcct , representing the weak plural of OE  fyrs , ' furze , ' cf. Fursdon supra 278 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement