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Survey of English Place-Names

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Friar Biggins

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Fribegins 1704 Terr
  • Frerebiggins, -mire, -moss 1777 NB
  • Freermire c.1270 NB

Etymology

, 1829 Dir , Fribegins 1704 Terr, Frerebiggins , -mire , -moss 1777 NB482, Freermire c. 1270 NB 486 , v , frere ' friar, brother ' , bigging ' building ' , mýrr , mos ; according to NB it was named from the brethren of Conishead Priory , to whom the church was appropriated .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement