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.