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.

Fordham is

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirby Underdale

Historical Forms

  • Firthholmnab c.1250 Kirkham

Etymology

Firthholmnab c. 1250Kirkham . ' Meadow by the wood , ' v. fyrhþ , holmr ; nab is OScand  nabbr ' promontory, hill . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement