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.

Old Fallow

Other OS name in the Parish of Cannock

Historical Forms

  • Oldfallow 1834 O
  • Old(e)fallowe 1257 Ipm 1570 Survey

Etymology

, Oldfallow 1834 O,Old (e )fallowe 1257 Ipm (p), 1570Survey , v. ald , falh ' old fallowland ' , in the sense of ' long or formerly used ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name