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.

Fickenappletree

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hampton Lovett

Historical Forms

  • Thiccan apel treo 11th Heming
  • Tichenapletreu 1086 DB
  • Tikenapeltre, Tinkenapeltre 1200 Cur
  • Thik(e)nap(p)eltre 1249 FF 1275 SR 1321 Cl 1393 FF
  • Ykenapeltre 1275 Ass
  • Fikelnapletre, Fecknapletre 1346 FA 1542 Deed
  • Thirkenappeltre al. Fikenappeltre 1439 IpmR
  • Faukenapeltre, Fiknantre 1546 LP 1550 Pat

Etymology

The meaning is obvious but the corruptions of form are interesting. Cf. Thicknall supra 280.

Places in the same Parish