Fremington, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:	England
Coordinates:	54.3855°N -1.9303°W
Official Name:	Fremington
Unitary England:	North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:	North Yorkshire
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:	RICHMOND
Postcode District:	DL11
Postcode Area:	DL
Os Grid Reference:	SE046988

Fremington is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.^{[1] [2]} The hamlet is almost joined to Reeth and Grinton. It is split into Low Fremington, which is built along the B6270, and High Fremington, which is a scattering of houses running up towards Fremington Edge.

The origin of the place name is from the Old English words Fremi (or Frema), ing and tun and means estate associated with a man named Fremi (or Frema). It appears as Fremington in Domesday Book of 1086.^[3]

In the 19th century a hoard of 1st-century Roman horse-harness fittings, known as the Fremington Hagg Hoard, was found near Fremington.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale. 9780319231586 . Ordnance Survey. 2009.
2. Web site: Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer . csv (download) . 1 January 2016 . Ordnance Survey . www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 18 February 2016.
3. Book: A Dictionary of British Place Names. A. D.. Mills. Oxford University Press. Oxford. first published 1991. 2011. First edition revised 2011. 9780199609086. 195.
4. Book: Webster, G. . Graham Webster (archaeologist) . 1971 . A hoard of Roman military equipment from Fremington Hagg . Butler . R. M. . Soldier and Civilian in Roman Yorkshire: Essays to Commemorate the Nineteenth Centenary of the Foundation of York . Leicester University Press . 107–125.