Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• fratres minores Dorcestr' 1361 AD

• ecclesie fratrum minorum Dorcestr' 1379 ib

• the Friars Grove 1607 Clegg

• le friers grove 1615 DuCo

• the Fryory garden wall 1634 SalisT

• the Friery 1635 Russ

• Priory or Friery 1774 Map

• the Friery Dwellinghouse, Friery Grove 1785 SalisT

• Friary Ld 1840 TAMap

• Friary Md 1840 TA

• Friery Bank 1841 ib

Etymology

Friary Saw Mill (in ruins) (SY 693909), cf. the Friery Mills 1635Russ , the Friary Mills 1642 DorR, the Friery Grist Mill 1785SalisT , The Mills c. 1832DROMap , from the Franciscan friary (founded a1267) to which the mills (built 1485) belonged. References to the friary include fratres minores Dorcestr '1361AD , ecclesie fratrum minorum Dorcestr '1379ib , the Friars Grove 1607 Clegg, le friers grove 1615DuCo , the Fryory garden wall 1634SalisT , the Friery 1635Russ , Priory or Friery 1774 Map, the Friery Dwellinghouse , Friery Grove 1785SalisT , Friary Ld 1840TAMap , Friary Md 1840TA , Friery Bank 1841ib , v. friary , cf. Friary Hill, Friary Lane supra , VCHDo 293–5, and Dorchester castle supra .