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.

Fitling

Major Settlement in the Parish of Humbleton

Historical Forms

  • Fidlinge, Fitlinge 1086 DB
  • Fitlingge 1297 LS
  • Fitling, Fytling, Fytlyng 1145–66 LeonardR 1166,1194–7 P 1206 Cur 1537 FF
  • Fitteling, Fittelyng 13th YD 1208 Ass 1283 YI 1306 BevAct
  • Fiteling(h)e 1204 YCh 1231 Ass
  • Fitlinges 1207 Cur 1260 Rental

Etymology

'(The settlement of) Fitela and his people,' v. ing . On the pers. name v. Fittleworth (PN Sx 126).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name