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.

Flinton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Humbleton

Historical Forms

  • Flentun, Flintone 1086 DB
  • Flinton(e), Flynton(e) 1163–5 Bridl 1190 YCh 1226 FF 1828 Langd

Etymology

A compound of OE  flint 'flint' and tun, perhaps in the sense 'enclosure where flints were found.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name