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.

Filkins

Major Settlement in the Parish of Filkins

Historical Forms

  • Filching 1173–4,1194 Eynsh
  • Filkinges 1180 Os
  • Filking 1185 Templars 1390 Eynsh
  • Nether Fylkings 1333 BM
  • Netherfilkynge 1347,69 Ipm 1347 Cl
  • Netherfylkynges 1360 Ipm
  • Netherfilkyng 1360 Cl
  • Filkynges 1383 Cl
  • Filkinch 1185 Templars
  • Fylkynche 1316,36 Ipm
  • Filiking 1218 FF
  • Filyking' 1268 Ass
  • Fulking 1229 Cl
  • Filechinge 1269,c.1270 Eynsh
  • Fileking 1278–9 RH
  • Filekyngges 1285 Ass
  • Fylekinge 1316 FA
  • Over Filkins, Nether Filkins 1797 Davis

Etymology

Possibly 'the people of *Filica ,' but the forms are too late for any degree of certainty.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site