English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Friar Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Gargrave

Historical Forms

  • Freerhead 1535 Whit
  • Frerehede 1540 AOMB
  • Frearhead in Craven 1567 Dep
  • Frier head, Fryer head 1618 PRSk 1687 PRGr

Etymology

, Freerhead 1535 Whit 185, Frerehede 1540AOMB ,Frearhead in Craven 1567Dep , Frier head , Fryer head 1618 PRSk, 1687PRGr , cf. Fryer Ing 1793Raist , v. frere ' friar ' , hēafod , eng ; the name may , like Friar Hood 87 and Freer Hood 140infra , denote a hill resembling a friar 's head .

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site