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.

Fulking

Major Settlement in the Parish of Fulking

Historical Forms

  • Fochinges 1086 DB
  • Fokingh' 1234 Ch
  • Foking' 1262 FF
  • Folkinges 1091–1125 ADA14176 1260 FF 1267 Ch
  • Folkynges t.Wm2 Lewes
  • Folkygges 1267 Ch
  • Folkyngge 1244 FF
  • Folkyng 1439,1464,1476 IpmR
  • Fulkyng 1327 Ch 1428 FA

Etymology

'The people of Folc (a ),' cf. PN in -ing 57. For such a name and for the u -forms, v. PN BedsHu 187s. n. Folksworth.

Places in the same Parish