Frimley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Frimley
Historical Forms
- Fremeley 933 BCS697 13th
- Fremesleya 967 BCS1195 13th
- Fremle 1203 FF 1279 Ass
- Fremley 1445 Chertsey
- Fremelegh t.Hy3 For
- Fremelye ib.
- Fremele(ye) 1288 Pat 1290 SR 1294,1325 Ass 1324 Pat 1349 Chertsey
- Frymley 1535 VE
- Frymeley 1543 LP
- Frimley 1575 Saxton 1583 SrWills
Etymology
v. leah . The first element is an unrecorded pers. name Fremma , cf. Framfield (PN Sx 392) and Fremington (PN D 113). Hence 'Fremma 's woodland or clearing.'