Friesthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Friesthorpe
Historical Forms
- Frisetorp 1086 DB
- Frisatorp 1115 LS
- Fristorp 1146,c1155,1163 RAi 1154–89 Ch 1329 Dane Hy2 Pat Hy2 RAiv 1427 Ass 1189–95,l12,c1200 RAv 1219 FF c1220 1257
- Fristorp' 1219,1286 RAii 1271-2 Ass 1293 R
- Frystorp lHy2 Kirkst 13
- Frystorp' 1243–53 RAv
- Frestorp c1200 RAiv 1202 Ass
- Frestorp' 1311 R
- Frisethorp' 1266 RRGr
- Fristhorp 1281 QW 1379 Cl 1495 Ipm Hy8 Lanc 1535 VE 1541 CA
- Fristhorp' 1332 SR 1443 DCAcct
- Fresthorp 1303 Pat Ed3 NI 1328 Banco 1356 Pat
- Fresthorp' 1353,1388 Peace
- Fresthorp(e) 1373 Peace
- Frysthorp 1379 Ipm 1479 DCAcct 1673 DCLB
- Frysthorp' 1441 DCAcct
- Fresthorppe 1444 Cl
- Fristhorpe 1546 CA 1847 TA
- Frysthorpe 1539 LP 1540 WillsA
- Frysethorp 1556 Pat
- Fristhrop 1558 InstBen
- Frystroppe 1571,1590 WillsA 1580 DCLB
- Fristropp 1599 LCCA 1599,1611 DCLB 1718 MiscDep
- Fristroppe 1604 WillsA 1718 FLDeeds
- Freisthorpe 1612–4 MinAcct 1798 TLE
- Tristroppe 1613 Goulding
- Thristhorpe als Fristorpe 1718 MiscDep
Etymology
DLPN 46 gives the etymology as 'the secondary settlement of the Frisians', v. þorp , and compares Firsby (Candleshoe Wapentake LSR) and East Firsby (Aslacoe Wapentake LSR). The first element is the genitive plural OE Frisa of the ethnic name OE Frisan m. pl. '(the) Frisians' and DLPN 44, 46 takes the occurrence of the name in Friesthorpe and the two Firsbys to presumably refer to Frisians who accompanied the Vikings in their settlement of eastern England.However, we should not forget that Danish princes dominated Frisia for much of the ninth century and it may well be the case that the 'Frisians' of the Firsbys and Friesthorpe were in fact Danes who had spent some time in Frisia.