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.

Fosse Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Thistleton

Etymology

, 1906 Map , also known as Sewstern Lane ; a Roman road and therefore Fosse Lane by analogy with Fosse Way , v. foss 1 .