Flawford Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Barnby in the Willows
Historical Forms
- Flan(s)flore (sic) 1330 QW
- Ffauflour 1338 Larking
- Flaforth 1634 ParReg
- Flawfore, Flaufore 1677 Thoroton
- Flageford 13th Rufford
Etymology
Flawford Fm is Flan (s )flore (sic)1330 QW, Ffauflour 1338 Larking, Hospitallers in England (Camden Society lxv), Flaforth 1634 ParReg, Flawfore , Flaufore 1677 Thoroton. There is no ford here and the second element is clearly OE flor, 'floor, pavement.' The first element is OScand flaga , 'slab of stone,' or its lost OE cognate *flage , the name being descriptive of the site of the house. Cf. Flawith (PN ERY 188) and Flawforth infra 239. There was also a Flageford 13thRufford in Kirton, belonging to Rufford.This is actually 'flagstone ford.'