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.

Friar's Ditch

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Freredik 1334 ForP
  • Freeredike 1619 NRS

Etymology

ME  frere 'friar' and dic.