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.

Fair Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Salehurst

Historical Forms

  • le Feyre feld 1310 Pens

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is so called from a fair held in a field ( le Feyre feld 1310Pens ) abutting on to it ( Hodson 12 ) . The name has recently been changed to East St ( J.E.R . ) .