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.

Fence

Other OS name in the Parish of Aston cum Aughton

Historical Forms

  • (Great) Fence 1817 TA 1839 TA

Etymology

, (Great ) Fence 1817TA , 1839TA , v. fence ' a fence, a palisade ' , possibly one erected by Nostell Priory to protect their property at the nearby Canonthorpe .