Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Figelingeham 1086 DB

• Figlingaham c1115 LS

• Figlingheim c1115 LS

• Filingeham 1086 DB 1170,1171,1172 P 1188 1219 Ass 1198 Ch 1328 RAii 1226–35

• Philingeham 1173 P 1235–38 RAiv

• Fillingeham 1177,1211 P 1218,1219 Ass 1248 RRG 1589 NCWills

• Phillingeham 1254 Pat 1380

• Felingeham 1086 DB 1126 France 1226–35 RAii

• Felingheham 1103 France

• Feligeham 1123 ib

• Fellingeham 1177 P

• Filingham c1180 Bly p1160 Dane 1172 Gilb 1407 Dane a1183 Hy2 RAiv c1190 Ch 1198 Gilb 1328 FF c1200 RAiv 1407 AASRxxix 1202 1210–20,c1220 1445

• Fylyngham 1303,1325 FA 1327 SR 1330 FA 1335 Cl 1339 Pat 1538 LPxiii

• Fylingham 1307 Pat 1327 Ipm 1361 Cl c1414 AASRxxix

• Fillingham 1222 Cur 1231 Ch 1231 FF 1232 Cur 1240–50 RAiv 1242 FF 1244 Fees 1250 Pat 1446 ValNor 1254 Dugdvi 1283 Ch 1303

• Fyllyngham 1324 Cl 1401–2,1428 FA 1513 LPi 1559 Pat

• Fillyngham 1331 Ipm 1343 Cl c1347 Works 1375 Peace 1385 Pat 1386 Cl 1436 Pat

• Phillyngham 1535 VEi

• Fyllingham 1553 Pat

• Phyllingham 1536–37 Dugdvi

• Felingham 1235 FF 1558–79 ChancP

• Felyngham 1373,1373 Peace

Etymology

'The homestead, estate of the Fyglingas' from OE  *Fyglinga , the gen.pl. of OE  *Fyglingas , a group-name meaning 'the family, the dependents of Fygla or Fygel ', and OE  hām, a formation comparable with Cammering-ham supra . The pers.ns. *Fygla , *Fygel are regular i - mutated hypocoristic derivatives of OE  Fugol formed with the strong - ila -suffix and the weak -illan -suffix respectively. Of these two suffixes, the strong variant is the more frequent in OE personal nomenclature, as Dr Insley points out. The form in -heim is from ON  heim cognate with OE  hām.