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.

Angle Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Soham

Historical Forms

  • The Angle Farm ib.

Etymology

is The Angle Farm ib. , from ME  angle , Fr  angle in the sense ' outlying spot orcorner , ' v. NED s. v. angle sb . They lie on the opposite side of the river , away from the village , cf . The Angle infra 287 .