48 DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



Fenny Bentley.— See Bentley, Fenny. 



Fenton. — (D.D.B. Faitvne.)— A.S. fen, fenn — a fen, marsh, and A.S. tun 



— a town ; — the fen town. 

 Fernilee or Ferney-ley.— A.S. fearn— a fem, and A.S. leg, leag, lea, 



leah, lag, lah — a meadow, a field, land ; — the fern meadow or land. 

 Fin Cop.— A.S. fenn, fen — marsh, fen, mud, dirt, and A.S. copp, cop — top, 



cap, head ; — the head, or top of the marsh or fen. 

 Findern. — (D.D.B. Findre.) — The initial syllable is probably the A.S. 



find (plural of feond), fiends, devils, enemies. The postfix is the A.S. 



sern, ern — a place. The fiends' or enemies' place. 

 Flagg.— (D.D.B. Flagun.)— N. flegg— flat. 

 FoolOW. — C. ffaw — a wild beast's cave, and A.S. hlsew, hlaw, low— a hill, 



an elevation, a rising track of ground, also a heap, grave, barrow, 



tumulus ; — the wild beast's cave hill. 

 Foopen. — C. ffaw — a wild beast's cave, and C. pen — end or head; — the 



end or head of the wild beast's cave. 

 Foremark. — (D.D.B. Fomevverche.) — A.S. for, fore — in front of, before, 



and A.S. masrc, mearc — a mark, boundary, boundary mark, limit, border, 



the marches ; — in front of or before the boundary or marches. 

 Foston.— (D.D.B. Farvlvestvn.) — C. ffos — a ditch, trench, dike, and A.S. 



tun — a town ; — the town by, or defended by, the ditch, trench, or dike. 

 GlosSOp. — (D.D.B. Glosop.) — The initial syllable is probably from the C. 



gloew — bright, shining, and the terminal syllable from the C. hwpp— the 



side of a hill, or a slope between hills ; — the bright slope or hill side. 

 G-rassmoor. — A.S. gars, grses, gres— grass, and A.S. mor — a moor. 

 Gratton.— (D.D.B. Gratvne.) — A.S. great— large, great, thick, and A.S. 



tun— a town; — the great town. 

 Gresley, Castle.— A.S. gaers, grses, gres— grass, and AS. leg, leag, lea, 



leah, lag, lah — -a meadow, land, a field. The adjunct is A.S. castell — 



a castle. The grass land of the castle. 

 Gresley, Church.— For the derivation of Gresley, see above. The 



adjunct is A.S. cyrice, cyrece, cyrce, cirice, circe — a Church. The 



grass land of the Church. 

 Grindelford. — A.S. grindel — a bar, rail, hurdle, and A.S. ford — a ford;— 



the railed or fenced ford. 

 GrindloW- — The prefix is probably from the A.S. grindan — to grind or 

 bruise. The postfix is from the A.S. htew, hlaw, low — a hill, an eleva- 

 tion, a rising tract of ground. The grinding or mill hill. 

 Hackenthorp. — The first element is probably from the N. personal 

 name Haco. The terminal syllable is from the N. thorp, throp, trop, 

 torp (A.S. thorpe, throp)— a village. Haco's village. 



