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.

Flass

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • (the) Flasse 1565–1640 PRGis 1603 PRBlt
  • the Flasse yeate 1646 WillY

Etymology

, (the ) Flasse 1565–1640 PRGis (freq ), 1603 PRBlt, the Flasse yeate 1646 WillY , v. flasshe ' a swamp ' , geat ' gate ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site