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.

Fairfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Etymology

, 1671, 1681–4 Fleming , 1750 Pococke , v. fæger , feld , described in 1671 as ' a level piece of ground ' on the top of Rydal Head .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name