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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fair Fd

Other OS name in the Parish of Wool

Etymology

, cf . The Fair House 1839TA , v. feire ' fair, market ' ; the allusion is probably to the annual ' fair for cattle ' or to ' anothertermed the Dog-fair ' when ' the boys of the village consider themselves at liberty to whip and drive away any dogs that they find at large in the streets ' ( Hutch3 1349 ) .