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.

Forewood Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

  • Farrads Common 1762 Act

Etymology

is Farrads Common 1762 Act . Cf. Forewoods Mead c. 1840TA . In front of Great Bradford Wood .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement