Namn på gårdar i by i ett sydskånskt härad under 1800- och 1900-tal

The present study examines the names of farmsteads in villages in the district of Färs in the southern parts of the province of Scania (Skåne). The study centres around farmstead names in the 1800s and 1900s, i.e. after the partition reforms of the 1800s. Following these reforms, the majority of farmsteads in the district relocated from the village centre to solitary locations on the outskirts of the village’s lands, where the farmsteads’ holdings were gathered into contiguous areas. The relocation created a new need for an individualising name. Thus, a large number of new farmstead names were formed in the 1800s and 1900s. Many of these names are secondary farmstead names originating from old field names. Primary farmstead names, on the other hand, distribute themselves over a number of subcategories depending on the first member, which can be a field name, a village name, a personal name or an adjective, to name a few subcategories. Many of these name types have been influenced by place names associated with the nobility, such as names of manors and large farms under estates. One example of such an influence is the occurrence of personal names in combination with certain place name elements such as -dal, -berg and -lund, e.g. Annielund, Erikslund. To obtain a more detailed and thorough understanding of Scanian farmstead names of the 19th and 20th centuries, there is a need for a larger study looking in detail at the totality of recorded farmstead names in a select set of Scanian villages and hamlets of different character. Such a study should furthermore address landscape type, settlement structure and the degree to which the partition reforms were carried out.