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.

Fernham

Other OS name in the Parish of Chardstock

Historical Forms

  • Farnham Orchd, Lr Fernham Ho 1839 TA

Etymology

, Farnham Orchd , Lr Fernham Ho 1839TA , v. fearn , hamm , but perhaps a manorial name , cf. Francis Ferneham 1537Digby .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement