Filching Manor
Early-attested site in the Parish of Jevington
Historical Forms
- Felthinge, Felchynge 1288 Ass 1296 SR
- Filching(e) 1302 FA 1327,1332 SR
- Fylethyng 1318 Lewes
- Fylchyng 1460 Add
- Fulchinge 1303 SAC43,194
- Folchinge 1322 GT
Etymology
Filching is adjacent to what was once a detached part of Folkington. Folkington contains OE Folca and Filching contains an OE *Fylca . It is impossible not to think that the names are connected with one another, Fylca being a mutated derivative from the stem Folc -. This suggests that in this neighbourhood a small group or family settled who favoured the element Folc - in their personal nomenclature. The forms are so late that the absence of any final es -forms (v. ingas ) need not surprise us.