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.

Filcherton

Other OS name in the Parish of Bourton

Historical Forms

  • Flushington Ho 1839 TA

Etymology

, Flushington Ho 1839TA , cf. the nearby field Fulshington Deptly 1839ib , v. f. ns . infra ; this name would appear to be a late ( and perhaps purely analogical ) formation in -ton ( v. tūn ) , since it is no doubt to be associated with meadow called Vilkers 1609LRMB and with the family of John le Fylkere 1327SR ( Silton ) ; the house is called Shorthedge 1811 OS , cf. the f.n. Shorthedge 1839TA .