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.

Flankwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plympton St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Wlaunkewill 1244 Ass
  • Wlonkewill(e) 1420 IpmR 1425 FF
  • Flankwell 15th ECP2,548

Etymology

'Wlanca 's spring,' v. wielle . Cf. Longslow (PN Sa 145) and Lancing (PN Sx 199). For initial f , v. Introd. xxxv.