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.

Flixton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Folkton

Historical Forms

  • Fleustone 1086 DB
  • Flixton(a) 12th YCh 1208 FF 1225 Ebor 1828 Langd

Etymology

Flixton is Fleustone 1086 DB, Flixton (a )12th YCh 1180, 1208 FF, 1225 Eboret passim to 1828 Langd. 'Flik 's farm,' v. tun .The pers. name is OScand  Flik , which is found in ODan (DaPN 305) and once as a byname Flík in Norwegian (LindBN). In England it enters into other place-names such as Flixton (PN Sf 99, PN La 37), and Flixborough (L).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement