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.

Frith Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Elmton

Historical Forms

  • bosco de Frid(e)wode 1232 Thurgarton
  • Frythewode 1251 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) bosco de Frid (e )wode 1232Thurgarton , Frythewode 1251 FF , v. (ge)fyrhð , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement