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.

West Fleet

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Etymology

, 1811 OS , cf. Fletefurlang '1478Ilch ; this is the western arm of the long inlet between Chesil Beach and the mainland which gives name to Fleet par . infra q. v. , v. flēot , west , furlang .