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.

Wakefield Folly

Other OS name in the Parish of Fewston

Etymology

, 1858 O.S. , named from some member of the local Wakefield family ( 17 PRFew freq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name