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Survey of English Place-Names

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Flisteridge Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Crudwell

Historical Forms

  • Flusrige c.1250 RegMalm
  • boscus de Flusrugge c.1270 c.1400 Malm
  • Flusrigge 1284 RegMalm

Etymology

Flisteridge Wood is Flusrige c. 1250 RegMalm, boscus de Flusrugge c. 1270 ib., c. 1400Malm , Flusrigge 1284 RegMalm.The first part of the name would seem to be OE  flīes , 'fleece.'Possibly used of a hill where the sheep bore good fleeces.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement