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.

Folkton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Folkton

Historical Forms

  • Fulcheton 1086 DB
  • Fulketuna, Fulketon' 1162–7 Riev 1220 Ass
  • Folchetun 12th Riev
  • Folketun, Folketon(a) 12th Bridl 1243 Abbr 1418 YI
  • Folketun in Hertforthlith 12th YCh1180 1447
  • Folktunie, Folkton 1153–86 Riev 1349 FF 1828 Langd
  • Folkinton' 1230 P
  • Folkeston 1336 FF
  • Folton 1525 Test
  • Foulton 1650 ParlSurv
  • Fowlton 1695 Morden

Etymology

'Folki 's farmstead,' from OScand  Folki (influenced by the Norman name Fulk ) or ODan  Fulke (a side-form of ODan  Folki , cf. DaPN 307) and tun . Cf. Foulbridge, PN NRY 98.