County | Suffolk |
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Icon description | single building |
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Description | entirely faded |
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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') |