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.

Limber Folly

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Limber

Historical Forms

  • Folley c.1832 Yarb

Etymology

( lost ) , 1828 Bry , Folley c.1832Yarb ; this is not the name of a building , and lay on the edge of a wood n. of Swallow Wold Wood . The exact sense of folie here is uncertain .