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.

Fleensop, Fleemis Gill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coverham

Historical Forms

Flemmishope 1240 VCHi.222

Flemmeshope 1270 YI

Etymology

v. hop , gil . No satisfactory explanation of the first element can be offered.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement