Survey of English Place-Names

Etymology

( lost ) , 1774 Hutch1 ( ' a place now swallowedup in Woodlands ' ) , 1863 Hutch3 ; this is probably a transferred or manorial name , from the family called ( de ) Frome which held the manor of Woodlands in the 14th and early 15th centuries , cf. William Frome of Woodlands e14 , Reginald de Frome 1333 Hutch3 3151 , Edward Frome of Frome (who purchased 3 messuages in Frome and Woodlands) 1400 Hutch3 3151 , John Frome 1405 Hutch3 3151 . The Frome from which the family took its name was probably one of the Do Fromes , e.g. Frome Billet 1243 , Frome St Q . par . or Frome V . par . both infra .