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.

Freckleton

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Etymology

, a family of Freckleton ( presumably from Freckleton La 150 ) was known here in the seventeenth century ( PRThl freq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement