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.

Fludda

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hennock

Historical Forms

  • la Flode 14th Oliver 1316 Pat
  • Flode 1291 Tax
  • atte Flode 1399 Rental

Etymology

v. flode . The farm lies in a slight valley in which is a streamlet normally dry. For the final vowel, v. Introd. xxxvi.