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.

Fryup

Early-attested site in the Parish of Danby

Historical Forms

  • Frehope 12 Guis 1301 LS
  • Frihop(p) 1223,1234 Guis

Etymology

v. hop , here used of a small valley branching off from Eskdale.The first element offers some difficulty, but the modern pronunciation and spelling indicates ME  -ī -. It is possibly an OE  pers. name Frīga , a hypocoristic form of some OE  pers. name such as Frīgȳð .