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.

Flexburgh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marlborough

Historical Forms

  • Flexebereg' 1201 P
  • Flexeberg 13th ADi
  • Flexbury 1503 MinAcct
  • Loxbrowe al. Flexbrowe t.Eliz ChancP
  • Flaxburg 1215 P
  • Flaxbarewe 1263 For
  • Prior domus Sce Margarete juxta Marlebergh 1317 Orig 1327 SR
  • Prior Sce Margarete de Flexburgh 1438 MinAcct

Etymology

'Hill where flax was grown,' v. beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement