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.

Fen House

Other OS name in the Parish of North Carlton

Etymology

, cf. ad mariscum m13 (Ed1) Barl , pasturam que vocatur fen m13 (Ed1) Barl , fenfurlangis m13 (Ed1) Barl , Fenfurlanges c1250 RA ii , North Carlton Fen 1762Grundy , Far Fen , Near Fen 1838Padley , Far Fen Close , Near Fen Close 1844TA , v. fenn , furlang .