Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Mayne Hospital(l)' 1244 Ass 1464 AD

• Mayne 1275 RH 1278 QW 1290 Ch 1327 SR 1332 SR

• Meyne Hospital' 1280 Ass

• Mayne Ospitalis, Maine Ospitalis 1285 FA

• Mayne Hospitell 1447 HarlRoll

• Frarenemayne 1337 DorR

• Frerynemayne 1394 Weld1

• Freremayn(e) 1449 Pat

• 'the mansion of Freer Mayne' 1533 Hutch3

• 'maner place of Freer Mayne' 1516 1564 ib

• 'the site and manor house of Frier Mayne' 1601 ib

• mansion house and farm of Fryer Mayne alias Freer Mayne' 1714 ib

Etymology

Fryer Mayne (remains of Manor Ho) (SY 738865), Fryer Mayne Fm (733862), Mayne Hospital (l )'1244Ass , 1464AD , Mayne 1275 RH, 1278 QW, 1290 Ch, 1327SR , 1332 SR, Meyne Hospital '1280Ass , Mayne Ospitalis , Maine Ospitalis 1285 FA, Mayne Hospitell 1447HarlRoll , Frarenemayne 1337 DorR, Frerynemayne 1394Weld 1, Freremayn (e )1449 Pat et freq to'the mansion of Freer Mayne '1533 Hutch3, 'maner place of Freer Mayne '1516 ib, 1564 ib, 'the site and manor house of Frier Mayne '1601 ib, 'mansion house and farm of Fryer Mayne alias Freer Mayne '1714 ib. For Mayne, v. Broadmayne par. infra and cf. foll.; the affixes -(H )ospital (is ), -Hospitell and Frarene -, Frer (yn )e -, etc. allude to the preceptory and lands of the Knights Hospitallers here from the 13th cent. (VCHDo 290–2), v. frere , -ena (the -ene -, -yne - spellings represent a ME  wk. gen.pl. -ene ). A chapel here (site marked 6″) is mentioned in 1516 Hutch3, 1533 ib. There was a water mill here in 1338 Hutch3, cf. Mill Mead 1843TA , v. myln , mǣd .