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.

Frampton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Frampton

Historical Forms

  • Frantone 1086 DB
  • Frantona Exon
  • Frantonam 1129 CartAnt c.1185 Templar 1190 Ch 1332
  • Franthon 1156–7 France
  • Franton(e) 1204–7 P 1351
  • Framton(') 1156–7 France 1205 ChancR
  • Fromton(e) 1187–8 P 1204 FineR 1212 Fees 1230 1252 Ch 1268 Ass 1275 RH 1280 Ass
  • Frunton' 1214 P
  • Frompton(e) 1236 Cl 1253 Pat 1254 Cl 1266 Pat 1275 Cl 1288 Ass 1291 1437 Fine
  • Fronton 1252 Ch
  • Frumpton(') 1242–3 Fees 1268,1288 Ass 1297 1317 ChancW 1325 Pat 1327 Cl 1344 Pat
  • Frampton(e) 1264,1266 Pat 1275 RH 1288 Ass 1350 Pat 1376 Pat 1378 Pat 1387,1404 Pat 1437 Fine 1670 Sheridan
  • Frampton alias Frompton 1445 Pat
  • Frome toun 1535–43 Leland

Etymology

'Farm or estate on the River Frome', v. tūn , RNs. infra . This is one of the four Dorset parishes named from the river. It gave its name to the liberty, v. entry under Tollerford hundred supra for other early spellings of the name.