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.

Fern Lee

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Fernelee 1379 PT

Etymology

, 1741 PRSad , Fernelee 1379 PT (p) , v. fearn , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement