Frating
Major Settlement in the Parish of Frating
Historical Forms
- (at) Fretinge p.1055 KCD1339 15th
- Fretinga 1086 DB
- Freting 1255 Ass 1258 FF
- Fratingā 1086 DB
- Fratinge 1238 SR
- Fratyng(g)(e) 1308 Ipm 1328–33 Londin
- Fratinges 1438 Pat
- Fretenges 1135–54 ADiii
- Fratinches t.Ed1 Deed
- Frotynges 1330 FA
Etymology
OE Frǣtingas , 'the settlement of the people of Frǣte ,' originally an opprobrious nick-name derived from OE frǣte , 'wanton, shameful, foul.' The same pers. name may be the source of Frettenham (Nf). v. PN in -ing 44.