Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Frantone 1086 DB

• Franton' Ade Cotelli 1167 P

• Frantuna 1333 Ch

• Frompton 1220 Fees 1241 Ipm 1273 Cl 1316 FA

• Frompton Cotelles 1287 QW

• Frompton Cotel(e), Frompton Cotell' 1291 Tax 1327 SR 1426 FF

• Frompton Coterell 1303 FA

• Framton' 1236 Fees 1378 Works

• Frampton Cotel(l), Frampton Cotele 1257 Ch 1287 Ass 1328 Banco 1497 FF

• Frampton Cott(e)rell 1535 VE 1544 FF c.1560 Surv

• Gastlyng als. Frampton Cottrell 1559,1605 FF

• Fromton(e) Cotel(l) 1288 FF 1307 Ipm 1345 Orig 1387 Works

• Man' de Gastlynges 1580 FF

• Goslings 1628 Inq

Etymology

'Farmstead on the R. Frome', v. Frome (2) i, 7supra , tūn . Cf. Frampton on Severn (ii, 196supra ). The affixes relate to the feudal owners, the Cotel family who held the manor from the 12th century (1167 P, 1236 Fees i, 443, 1245 Inq 4, 1257 Ch, etc.) and the Gacelyn family who acquired part of it in 1313 (Rudder 445); the latter's messuage was called Man ' de Gastlynges 1580FF , Goslings 1628 Inq.