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.

Frithaw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cheshunt

Historical Forms

  • Fritheye(e) 13th WalthamA 1310 ADiii t.Ed4 Ct 1531 Mayo
  • Fridheye 13th WalthamA
  • Frethey 1439 Mayo 1520 WalthamB
  • the Frithys 1623 LRMB
  • the Frithaw 1667 Sess

Etymology

Frithaw (lost) is Fritheye (e )13thWalthamA , 1310 AD iii, t. Ed 4Ct , 1531 Mayo, Fridheye 13thWalthamA , Frethey 1439 Mayo, 1520WalthamB , the Frithys 1623LRMB , the Frithaw 1667 Sess, a compound of fyrhðe , 'wood, etc.' and (ge)hæg, 'enclosure.'