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.

Forda Town

Other OS name in the Parish of Northlew

Historical Forms

  • Fordetowne 1616 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Fordetowne 1616Recov . For the town , v. infra 676 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement