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.

Fletchamstead Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoneleigh

Historical Forms

  • Flighamsted 1185 Templars 1200 ChR
  • Fligehamestud' 1200 FineR
  • Flechampstede 1288 Misc
  • Flechamstude 1327 SR
  • Overfletchehamstede 1394 Ass
  • Flecchamsted 1502 Ipm
  • Flechehamstede 1505 Pat
  • Flexhamstede 1197 P
  • Flichamstede 1201 Cur
  • Flich(h)amsted 1221,1232 Ass
  • Flichamstude earlyHy3 CartMisc
  • Flicchamested c.1250 Kenilworth

Etymology

v. hamstede . The first element may be the OE  flicce , 'flitch of bacon.' Names in stede nearly always have a descriptive epithet as first element and in a great many cases this refers to the product of a farm (cf. IPN 55).