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.

Hovels

Other OS name in the Parish of Fobbing

Historical Forms

Holfeld 1539 MinAcct

Howell Farm 1805 O

Etymology

is Holfeld 1539MinAcct , Howell Farm 1805 O . v. holh , feld .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Hawkesbury Bush

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Fobbing