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.

Frenchland Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashington

Etymology

Frenchland Ho is possibly identical with the Freynslonde (1279) Ass 918 m. 29d, presumably containing the common pers. name Frense or Frensh . The nearest one to Ashington is the family of Richard le Frensh in Thakeham in 1332 (SR).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement