Filchampstead Brook (East)
lake or loch · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a brook associated with a settlement called 'Fīla's homestead'. The 'East' distinguishes it from another brook.
Word origins
- Filchampstead
- Old EnglishAttestedFīla's homestead.(from Fīla "a personal name", -hām "homestead, village", -stede "place")
- Brook
- Old EnglishAttestedstream(from brōc "stream")
- East
- Old Englisheastern direction(from ēast "east")