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.

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.'