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Full record: Felixstowe

County Suffolk
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Etymology named after a cell, dedicated t. St Felix, which was granted by Roger Bigot t. Rochester in 1105
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Earlier editors ...xtow (Parsons)
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Attested spelling Felixstowe 1504 WCR; earlier name Burg (1086 DB); attestations before 1504 have the first element in the form Fylthe-/Filce- and similar, probably influenced by OE filioe ('hay')