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Survey of English Place-Names

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Friar Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Pontefract

Historical Forms

  • Fryer(s) Wood 1686 Bright 1705 PontCD

Etymology

, Fryer (s ) Wood 1686Bright 550, 1705PontCD 474 , named from the Black Friars of Pontefract ( cf. YAJ xxxii, 397 ) ; v. frere , wudu .