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.

Friden

Other OS name in the Parish of Hartington Nether Quarter

Etymology

, cf. Stanifridenmuth e. 13thAddCh , Frydendale -Mouth 1533Bateman , Frydon Mouthe 1599DuLaSC , perhaps the first element is OE  Frīg , the name of a Germanic heathen goddess , but the forms are too few for certainty , the second is denu ; v. also stānig , mūða .