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.

Byfleet

Major Settlement in the Parish of Byfleet

Historical Forms

  • Biflete 933 BCS697 13th BCS1195,1284 967 Ipm 13th 1305
  • Biflet 1086 DB 1175 P 1200 Cur
  • Byflete 1284 Ipm 1308 Ch
  • Bifleote 1062 KCD812 13th
  • Bifled 1200 FF
  • Byfleet 1270 Winton
  • Bieflete 1474 Onslow
  • Bifflett 1592 Musters

Etymology

'By the fleot,' which must here refer simply to the Wey.

Places in the same Parish