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.

Froghall

Other OS name in the Parish of Cadney

Historical Forms

  • Frog Hall 1830 Gre 1844 TAMap

Etymology

, 1824 O , Frog Hall 1830 Gre, 1844TAMap , a name found elsewhere in this county , v. Field 84 ; it is almost certainly used ironically of boggy pieces of land , v. frogga , halh , cf. foll.