Fletching
Major Settlement in the Parish of Fletching
Historical Forms
- Flescinge(s) 1086 DB
- Flescinges t.Rici Cur
- Flec(c)hinges 1249 FF 1291 Cl
- Flessinges 1256 Ass 1265 Misc 1275 Ipm
- Flecinges 1268 Ipm
- Fle(t)chingh' 1202 Cur 1203 Abbr
- Flescing(e) 1203 FF 1232 Cl 13th CplM
- Flesching 1249 FF
- Flec(c)hing(e), Flec(c)hyng 1268 Ipm 1588 MarL
- Flegging' 1279 QW
- Fleeching 1510 LP
Etymology
'The people of Flecci ' (v. Ekwall, PN in -ing 57), a name allied to OGer Flaco .