Eelfleet Dike
Other OS name in the Parish of Horsey
Historical Forms
- Illesfleyt 1302 NfD
- Eelefleet(e) 1663,1668 CtHickling
Etymology
, Illesfleyt 1302 NfD, Eelefleet (e )1663, 1668Ct Hickling , Eelfleet 1863 SC , cf. Eelefleetgate 1662Ct Hickling ( the oldest form points to OE igill , which would seem to have had the meaning ' leech ' , and flēot ; later forms suggest ǣl , ēl ' eel ' ) .