Fritwell
village · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Fritwell is thought to mean 'the spring or stream in the wood', from Old English 'frith' (wood, forest) and 'wella' (spring, stream).
Word origins
- Frith
- Old Englishwood, forest(from friþ "peace, security, refuge, protected place, forest")
- well
- Old EnglishAttestedspring, stream(from wella "spring, stream")