Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Fulinge 1194,1195 P 1263 For c.1270,1284 RegMalm

• Fulinges 1196 Cur

• Fulenge t.Hy3 RegMalm

• Fulyng 1400 FF t.Hy6 ECP 1483 FF

• Fulyngs 1527 ib

• Fulings 1535 VE

• Filence 1711 ParReg(Minety)

• Filents 1773 AandD

Etymology

Filands Fm is Fulinge 1194, 1195 P, 1263For , c. 1270, 1284 RegMalm, Fulinges 1196 Cur, Fulenge t. Hy 3 RegMalm, Fulyng 1400FF , t. Hy 6 ECP, 1483FF , Fulyngs 1527 ib., Fulings 1535 VE, Filence 1711 ParReg (Minety), Filents 1773 A and D.Professor Ekwall would interpret this as from OE  fielging , fælging , 'newly cultivated land,' OE  ie becoming u after f in the same way as after w in wulle from wielle , occasionally found in Wilts (Contributions 47 ff.). Dr Ritter takes it to be from OE  *fȳling , 'miry, muddy place' (cf. Deeping (L)), and notes a possible parallel in OGer  Winterfulinga (Förstemann ON i, 961, ii, 1382).The difficulty in both interpretations is the consistent u in the long run of early forms. No parallel for such consistent development of either ie or y is found elsewhere in the county.