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Survey of English Place-Names

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Frith Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Unstone

Historical Forms

  • le Fryth 1359 Portland
  • a springe of wood therein called the Fyrthe 1561 Survey

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Fryth 1359Portland , a springe of wood therein called the Fyrthe 1561Survey , v. (ge)fyrhð , wudu , spring .