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.

France Quarries

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • pasture called Fraunce 1608 LRMB
  • France 1839 TA

Etymology

, pasture called Fraunce 1608LRMB , France 1839TA , cf. French Crofte 1608LRMB , possibly a transferred name , or denoting land owned by a Frenchman , v. croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement