Flockton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornhill
Historical Forms
- Flocheton(e) 1086 DB
- Floctun(a), Floktun(a), Flokton(a) 12 Riev 1185–95 YCh 1189,1192 Pont Ric1 Ch 1252 YCh 1193–1211 Ass5 1331 YDviii 1319 MinAcct 1323 FF 1536
- Ovir Flokton(a), Over Flokton(a) 1338 YDviii 1356 YD 1639 Arm
- Nether Flokton(a), Nethir Flokton(a) 1342,1363,1386 YDv 1639 Arm
- Neder Flokton(a) 1477 YDviii
- Neyther Flokton(a) 1588 LS
- Neather Flokton(a) 1589 FF
- Floketon(a), Floketun 1145–60 YCh 1190–1204 13 YDiv,vi,viii 1201 FF 1220,Hy3 BM1248–51 1295 YDv 1297 LS 1339 YD
- Ouer Floketun, Over Floketun 13,1308 YDviii 1338 YDv
- Flocketon 1194,1298 BM
- Flocktun, Flockton 1150–70 YCh 1571 WillY 1583 PRThl 1607 FF
- Over Flockton, Nether Flockton 1607 FF
Etymology
'Flóki's farmstead', from the ON pers.n. Flóki and tūn. But the earlier spellings without medial -e - may point to the first el. being OE flocc 'company or troop of folk'; the sense 'flock (of animals)' is not, however, recorded before the thirteenth century (NED s.v.) and not at all in ON, and that would seem the obvious sense in such a p.n. The affixes are neoðera 'nether', uferra 'upper', but they are not now in use.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Cardwell Delf
- Lane End
- Palace Fm & Palace Wood
- Bank Fm & Bank Wood
- Briggs Lane
- Chapel Hill
- Danes Lane, Deans Plant
- Dunlands
- Furnace Hill
- Old Whimsey
- Rag Hill
- Round Wood
- Royd Cottage
- Sandy Lane
- Sheepcote Lathe
- Spring Wood
- Star Fm
- Stock's Moor
- Stony Cliffe Beck & Stony Cliffe Wood
- Chapel Lane
- Crow Royd
- Freckleton
- Golgreave
- Green Hill
- Grove Ho
- Haley Hill
- The Hall
- Hatchet Hall
- Headfield
- Hebble Mills
- Highfield
- Hill Top
- Holt Lane Ho
- Hostingley
- Howroyd Fm
- Hoyle Mill Fm
- The Ings
- Judy Haigh Ho
- Shrogg Wood
- Slaithwaite
- Lower Sowood & Upper Sowood
- Thornhill Edge
- Turnip Lane
- Wallis Fm
- Well Garth Ho
- Woodleigh
- Hill Top
- Mill Beck
- Balk Lane
- Birk Wood
- Blacker Beck & Blacker Lane
- Broad Oak Hill
- Caphouse
- Clay House Beck
- Cookhill Mill
- Dial Wood
- Emroyd
- Hartley Bank
- Hayne Lane
- Cold Hiendley
- Little London
- Longroyd Fm
- Mug Mill
- Netherfield Ho
- New House Fm
- Pits Beck
- Sun Wood
- Water Lane
- Wicken Tree Hall
- Windmill Cottage
- Windy Bank
- Wood Lane
- The Wyke
- Blackerhill Fm
- Bottoms Fm
- Bunkers Hill
- Carr Fm
- The Cross
- Frank Lane
- Goat Hill
- Lady Wood
- Lane Top
- Lees Hall
- Lees Moor
- Mellor Hill
- Mill Bank
- Mithroyd Green
- Moor Fm
- New Houses
- Ouzelwell Hall
- Overthorpe
- Portobello
- Pudding Hill
- Lower Rakes & Upper Rakes
- Red Ho
- Savile Town
- Scopsley Lane
- Cockermouth
- Common End & Common Lane
- Crows Nest
- Crowtree
- Flockton Beck
- Flockton Gate
- Flockton Green
- Flockton Hall
- Flockton Lane
- Flockton Mill
- Flockton Moor
- Green Head
- Haigh Bridge & Haigh Lane
- Hardcastle Lane
- Manor Ho
- Paul Lane
- Pinfold Lane
- Six Lanes End
- Thacker Well
- Windmill Hill Lane
- Elm Grove
- Gulley Wood
- Perkin Wood
- The Strands
- Church Lane
- Cleveland
- Clock Royd
- Common
- Croft Ho
- Dale Green
- Deadman's Lane
- Dimpledale
- Edge End
- Edge Top
- Fixby
- Fox Royd
- Gibraltar
- Lady Mill
- Wilderness