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.

Flakebridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Appleby St Michael

Historical Forms

  • Flakebrig(h), Flakebrigg(e), Flakebrygg(e) 1235 FF 1272 Misc
  • Flakebridge 1673 CWv99 1684 BdyR
  • Flekebrigge 1617 NWm

Etymology

Flakebridge, Flakebrig (h ), Flakebrigg (e ), Flakebrygg (e )1235FF , 1272 Misc 1292Ass 3, 1308FF et passim to 1541Lowth , Flakebridge 1673 CW v99, 1684BdyR , Flekebrigge 1617 NWm 59. Of the same origin as Flakebridge in Orton (ii, 43supra ).