Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Frizinghale (sic) 1265 Calv

• Fresinghall 1287 DodsN

• Fresinghale 1288 YI

• Fresynghawe 1492 FF

• Feresyngall 1545 FF

• Fressynghall 1565 FF

• Fyrsyngale 1402 FA

• Fyrsyngall 1539 WYD

• Fursinghall 1571 WYD

• Frisinghall, Frysinghall 1560,1587 WillY 1601,1623 PRBfd

• Frynsingehall, Frinssingehall 1571,1580 WillY

• Frizzinghall 1701 Stansf

• Frizing-Hall 1822 Langd

Etymology

The first el. is probably OE  Frīsa , Frēsa 'the Frisian', doubtless used as a byname. 'The Frisian's nook of land', v. -ing 4 , halh . Some spellings have a common metathesis to Firs -. Cf. Frizington Cu 336.