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.

Frieth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hambleden

Historical Forms

  • ffrith c.1307 Cocks
  • Freeth 1766 J 1826 B

Etymology

v. fyrhþ . Until quite recently it was called locally 'the Frieth.' Cf. Oxey supra .