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.

Frenchmans Way

Early-attested site in the Parish of Toddington

Historical Forms

  • Franchemanewei 13th Dunst

Etymology

This old name for the road through Tebworth to Hockliffe (Blundell, Toddington , 196) would seem to hide some historical incident lost beyond recovery.

Places in the same Parish