Survey of English Place-Names

Etymology

( Kelly ) ( 6″ ) , Folly Mill 1774 Map , giving name to Folly Mill Lane supra , from folie ' a folly ' ( perhaps an allusion to an unusual or extravagant building ) ; an earlier name for a mill on this site was Kyllyngesmylle 1291Brid , Killynggesmulle e14Brid , Killyngemulle 1332 , Cullynges-mill 1336 both AD I , Kyllingesmulle 1340Brid , , 1390Brid , Skyllyngesmulle (sic)1364Brid , Kyllyngesmill ', Kyllengesmull 1409AD , cf. Molendinum Ric ' Kylling l13Brid , John Killing e13Brid , 1320Brid , Bartholomew Killing l13Brid , William Killing 1320Brid , Bartholomew Kyllyng '1291Brid , and Killingislan ' s.n. Folly Mill Lane supra , Kyllyngescroft , etc . in f. ns . infra .