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Survey of English Place-Names

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Great Framlands

Other OS name in the Parish of Melton Mowbray

Historical Forms

  • Framelande 1400 Ipm
  • Framland 1550 Pochin
  • bosco de Framelund 1276 RH
  • Framland(e) hedge 1550 Pochin 1682,1686 Surv
  • Framland olde 1541 Ct
  • Framland Sike, Framland Syke 1550 Pochin

Etymology

, 1842TA , Framelande 1400 Ipm, Framland 1550Pochin , cf. Little Framlands 1842TA . Great Framlands was the moot - site of the Framland Hundred ( q. v . ) . Also recorded are bosco de Framelund 1276 RH (withMLat  boscus 'a wood', perh. the original lundr 'a small wood' ofFramland), Framland (e ) hedge 1550Pochin , 1682, 1686Surv (v. hecg;the boundary hedge of Framland), Framland olde 1541Ct (v. wald; thehigh ground on which Framland is situated), Framland Sike , Framland Syke 1550Pochin ( v. sík ) .