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.

Freckley Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Catsfield

Historical Forms

  • Frickleye house 1572 Ct
  • Frikele 13th AsM

Etymology

Freckley Wood (6″) is Frickleye house (1572Ct ) and was the home of Richard de Frikele (13thAsM ). This suggests a pers. name Fricca (perhaps from earlier Friðica ) and leah . Cf. OGer  Fricco (Förstemann PN 522).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement