Flood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Findon
Historical Forms
- Flodland 1477 Sele
- Floode 1479 IpmR
- Flode 1500 Ipm
- Flode 1256 Sele
- Floude, Flode 1327,1332 SR
Etymology
Flood (lost) is Flodland in 1477 (Sele), Floode in 1479 (IpmR), Flode in 1500 (Ipm) and must have been the home of Robert de Flode (1256 Sele), John de Floude , Flode (1327, 1332 SR). It was probably somewhere on the downs, v. flod .