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.

Forest

Other OS name in the Parish of Hampsthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Foresta 1498 MinAcct
  • ye Forest 1748 PRHmp

Etymology

, Foresta 1498MinAcct , ye Forest 1748 PRHmp , cf. Foristlane Head 1789 PRFrn , v. forest , here a reference to the Forest of Knaresborough 77supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site