Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Freolintvne 1086 DB

• Freulinton(a), Freulyn(g)ton(a) 1175–1300 WinchLB 1251 Ch 1277 FF 1287 Ass 1327 SR

• Frolintone 1166 RBE

• Froulinton(a), Froulyn(g)ton(a) 1184–94 WinchLB 1248 1287 Ass 1290 WinchLB

• Fraunton 1229 Cl 1777 M

• Frawnton 1535 VE 1627 PR

• Frawnton als. Frampton 1590 FF

• Fremlinton 1291 Tax

• Frompton 1354 Ipm

• Framton Hy6 AddCh 1540 MinAcct

• Frampton 1790 GR892

Etymology

'Farmstead associated with Frēola', v. -ing 4 , tūn . The pers.n. is an unrecorded OE  Frēola which would be a hypocoristic form of names like Frēohelm or the like and cognate with OG  Frilo . The later forms arise from a contraction of Freolin - to an intermediate *Freon - and the development of -ēo - to dial. -au -, -ow - (Fraunton ), as in Naunton (i, 199 supra , ii, 34 infra ), cf. Phonol. § 22; Fraun - was then adapted analogically to the form of other Framptons in Gl.