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.

Frogbury

Other OS name in the Parish of Coldridge

Historical Forms

  • Frog(g)ebury 1330,1333 SR
  • Frogbur' 1482 IpmR

Etymology

is Frog (g )ebury 1330, 1333SR (p), Frogbur '1482 IpmR . The name referred perhaps to a deserted earthwork in damp surroundings , cf. IPN148 .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement