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.

Flagg

Major Settlement in the Parish of Flagg

Historical Forms

  • Flagun 1086 DB
  • Flagg(e) 1230 Cl c.1230 Dunst 1269 Ass 1284 HarlCh
  • Flagh 1315 Ipm
  • Flag(e) 1389 IpmR 1544 Derby
  • Flagehouse 1465 IpmR
  • Flage Housus 1477 HardCh
  • Flaghouses 1529–32 ECP
  • Flaghowses 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed

Etymology

This is perhaps originally the dat.pl. (v. -um ) of ON  flag 'a turf, sod', with a meaning 'place where turfs were cut'; v. also hūs , added later.