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.

Flaska

Early-attested site in the Parish of Matterdale

Historical Forms

  • Flaskeagh, Flaskeugh 1487 Ipm
  • Flasco 1569 ElizKes
  • Flascoo 1589 LRMB
  • Flaskou, Flascow t.Eliz Rental
  • Flowskow 1591 DKRxxxviii
  • Flascow 1794 H

Etymology

v. supra 187.