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.

Fryern Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chaldon

Historical Forms

  • maner' de Freren 1575 FF
  • Frian 1664 SR
  • Stansted al. Fryerne 1708 Brayley

Etymology

Fryern Fm is maner ' de Freren 1575FF , Frian 1664SR , Stansted al. Fryerne 1708 Brayley. The manor belonged to the hospital of St Thomas, Southwark, Stanstead itself being just in Caterham parish, v. infra 313.