Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• wastum de Fineleya Hy3 Cerne 14

• aqua in Finelegh(') 1280 Ass 1285 FA

• Finele 1288 Ass

• Fynele, Fynleie, Fynleye 1288 Ass

• Vynlegh' 1327 SR

• Fynle 1332 ib

• molendinum de Fynlegh(') 1336 Ch 1399,1400 Ilch

• Fynnyle(y)gh' 1399,1400 ib

• Finlegh' 1400 ib

• Philyholme 1525 SR

• Fylley Home 1577 Dun

• Phillihome Tithing 1664 HTax

• Filley Mill (Tenement) 1769 DROMap

• Phillyholme 1795 Boswell

• Phill(e)y Mill 1811 OS 1863 Hutch3

• villa de Fynleie 1288 Ass

Etymology

Philleyholme Coppice & Philleyholme Mill (ST 358006), wastum de Fineleya Hy 3 (14) Cerne, aqua in Finelegh (')1280Ass , 1285 FA, Finele 1288Ass (p), Fynele , Fynleie , Fynleye 1288Ass , Vynlegh '1327 SR, Fynle 1332 ib, molendinum de Fynlegh (')1336 Ch, 1399, 1400Ilch , Fynnyle (y )gh '1399, 1400ib , Finlegh '1400ib , Philyholme 1525 SR, Fylley Home 1577Dun , Phillihome Tithing 1664 HTax, Filley Mill (Tenement )1769DROMap , Phillyholme 1795 Boswell, Phill (e )y Mill 1811 OS, 1863 Hutch3, cf. Tuck Mill , Filley Mill Cl 1842TA , probably 'wood or woodland clearing frequented by woodpeckers', from OE  fīna and lēah .This was a tithing in Uggescombe hundred supra , and is villa de Fynleie in 1288Ass . The addition -holme (from the early 16th cent.) is holm (OE  holegn) 'holly', cf. Hutch3 450 who states that the place is 'said to have been so-called from the holm-trees, which formerly grew near the spot where the adjoining counties meet' (Thorncombe par. infra was formerly in D, this par. in Do).