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.

Fluxton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ottery St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Flokeston(e) 1270 Ass 1291 Tax 1308 Oliver 1311 Pat
  • Folkeston 1289 Ass

Etymology

As the name is only attested from post-Conquest times we may have a ME  name Floke , of Anglo-Scandinavian origin, from ON  Flóki .