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.

Flackwell Heath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chipping Wycombe

Historical Forms

  • Flacwelle, Flakewelle 1227 Ass
  • Flakwell 1537 LP

Etymology

The etymology of this is uncertain. It may be from an OE  pers. name *Flæcca found also in Fleckney (Lei), Flecknoe (Wa).