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.

Frith or Gt Mead

Field in the Parish of Fifehead Neville

Historical Forms

  • 1842 TA
  • Little Frethers 1603 Weld
  • Fryth 1675 Salkeld
  • Little Frith 1688 Salkeld

Etymology

Frith or Gt Mead(Little Frethers(sic) 1603, Fryth 1675, Little Frith 1688, v. fyrhð)