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.

Fledborough

Major Settlement in the Parish of Fledborough

Historical Forms

  • Flatburch(e) 1060–6 KCD818 12th RegAntiq
  • Flatburth 14th ib
  • Fladburh 1075–92 Eynsham c.1195
  • Fladeburg 1086 DB
  • Fladburgh 13th RegAntiq
  • Flaburc 1176 P
  • Flaburch 1176 CR
  • Fletburg' 1242 Fees 1280 Ass
  • Fletburgh 1287,1298 1300 Ipm 1346,1428 FA
  • Fletbrught 1553 Pat
  • Fleburg' 1275 RH
  • Fledburg(h) 1280,1287 Ass 1287 Ebor 1291 Tax 1302,1428 FA 1341 Ch 1343 Cl 1352 Ipm
  • Fledbourgh 1301 Ebor
  • Fledbourch 1342 NI
  • Fledbergh 1343 Cl
  • Fledborgh 1412 BM
  • Fleddeburg' 1298 Ass
  • Fledeburgh 1316 FA 1327 SR

Etymology

Possibly 'Fl ǣde 's burh' and, if so, identical in origin with Fladbury (PN Wo 126).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site