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.

Frithwoods

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pulborough

Historical Forms

  • Frythewood 1560 SRS3,10
  • atte Frith 1327 SR
  • le Frith 1621 SRS14,164

Etymology

Frithwoods (6″) is Frythewood in 1560 (SRS 3, 10), and is to be associated with John atte Frith (1327 SR) and land called le Frith in 1621 (SRS 14, 164). v. fyrhþ .