Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Frantone 1086 DB

• Frantune 1115 Monast

• Framton c.1180 Godstow 1221 1228,1312 Godstow 1235 Fees

• Framton by River Severn 1653 ParlSurv

• Frompton(e) 1216–18 Glouc 1220 Fees 1276 RH 1414 Pat

• Fromtun', Fromton(a) 1221 Ass 1233 Berk 1300 WinchLB

• Frampton(a) 1235 Bracton 1275 Ass 1768 PR

• Frauntone c.1270 For

• Frumton' 1294 FF

• Frampton super Sabrinam 1279 WinchLB 1290 Episc 1294 FF 1733 PR

• -super Seuern(e), -(up)on Seuern(e), Frompton on Severn(e) 1248 Ass 1305 Pat 1311 Ch 1768 PR

Etymology

'Farmstead near the Frome', v. R. Frome (1) (i, 7supra ), tūn .In this and other Framptons (i, 137 supra , iii, 116 infra ), the vowel of OE  Frōm was shortened to -ŏ - in the compound and this was treated as OE  -ŏ - before nasals and appears as Fram -, From - and Frum - (cf. Phonol. §§ 6, 28).