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.

Frankwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashburnham

Historical Forms

Francwelle 1086 DB

Frankewelle 1279 Ass 1296 SR 1307 Ass

Fraunkewell 1327 SR 1389 Cl

Fraynkwell 1346 Ct

Frankwells brege 1546 AsM

Etymology

'Franca's spring,' v. wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Ashburnham