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.

The Fleet

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorpe

Historical Forms

  • le Flete 1201 Chertsey 1307–46 Turner

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is le Flete 1201 Chertsey, 1307–46 Turner . v. fleot . The name refers to a backwater of the Thames .

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