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.

Frodsham Lordship

Major Settlement in the Parish of Frodsham

Historical Forms

  • dominium de Frodessam 1175 Facs

Etymology

from lordes(c)hip, 'a lordship, the land belonging to a lord', v. 222supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name