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.