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.

Fourlands Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Forelands 1782 PR 1791 PRThn

Etymology

, Forelands 1782 PR, 1791 PRThn , ' front lands of the common field ' , v. fore , land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement