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Survey of English Place-Names

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Friar Hood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Fryers Hood 1771 M

Etymology

, Fryers Hood 1771 M , cf. Freer Hood vi, 140infra , probably so called from its resemblance to a friar 's hood .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site