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.

Philderayes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Itchingfield

Historical Forms

  • Fyldrays 1415 SAC40,117

Etymology

Philderayes (6″) is called Fyldrays in 1415 (SAC 40, 117) and must take its name from the family of William Fylderay mentioned in connexion with Strettington in 1332 (SR), but no connexion of that family with Itchingfield is known.