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.

Feltham Brook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pucklechurch

Historical Forms

  • Filethham 950 BCS887
  • the Filtham 1779 Rudder

Etymology

Feltham Brook, 1830 M, Filethham 950 BCS 887 (copy), the Filtham 1779 Rudder 211. 'Hay enclosure', v. fileðe , hamm .Filethham appears to have been in Wick parish; Feltham Brook is now applied only to the affluent of the Boyd in Pucklechurch but may once have been the name of the Boyd lower down its course.