Monk Fryston

English

Etymology

Recorded as Fristun c.1030, from Old English Frīsa + tūn (farmstead of the Frisians), and as Munechesfryston in 1166, from Old English munuc (“monk”), for possession by Selby Abbey.

Proper noun

Monk Fryston

  1. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5029).

References

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