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.

Frithelstock

Major Settlement in the Parish of Frithelstock

Historical Forms

  • Fredeletestoc 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Fredelestoch
  • Frithelaghestok 1223 Pat
  • Frithelakestok(e) 1224,1228 FF 1238 Ass
  • Frithelarestok' 1235–6 Fees561
  • Frythelarestok' 1242 Fees775
  • Frythelestoke 1269 Exon
  • Frithelestoke 1287 Misc
  • Frydestoke 1445 Pat
  • Frithelstocke al. Fristocke t.Jas1 ECP

Etymology

'Friþulāc 's stoc(c).'