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.

Fishley Barton

Other OS name in the Parish of Tawstock

Historical Forms

  • Fisshelegh 1390 Cl

Etymology

is Fisshelegh 1390 Cl . Cf. Fishleigh infra 143 . The place is by the river Taw .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement