Fryup
Fryup (grid reference NZ720046) is a hamlet in the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It is within the civil parish of Danby, and is located alongside Great Fryup Beck in Great Fryup Dale.
Fryup is separated into two small valleys or dales: Great Fryup Dale and Little Fryup Dale. The majority of people live in Great Fryup Dale, with Little Fryup having only eight or nine farms and cottages. Great Fryup has no shops nor even a pub; it has a telephone box, a post box, village hall and outdoor centre which used to be the old school. There is also a local cricket pitch and Quoits pitch.
Name[edit]
Name origin[edit]
The curious name Fryup may be a Yorkshire dialect reconstruction of the earlier name Frehope (14th century).
Survey of English Place-Names : [1]
The name was recorded as Fryop in the 19th century. [a]
The name element Fre may be a reference to the Norse goddess Frigg. [3]
The name element hope is from Old English hōp or Middle English hope ( " valley " ). [b]
Place names with the name element hope are common in the North Pennines, especially in the lead mining areas of Weardale. [c]
Name legacy[edit]
The following names are derived from Fryup:
- Great Fryup Dale
- Great Fryup Beck
- Fryup Hall
- Fryup End
- Little Fryup Dale
- Little Fryup Beck
In 2014, it was reported that campaign group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) had asked for the hamlet's name to be changed to 'Vegan Fryup' in order to promote World Vegan Day.[4][5][6]
Local tradition and folklore[edit]
An old woman at Fryup was well known locally[citation needed] for keeping the Mark’s e’en watch (24 April), as she lived alongside a corpse road known as Old Hell Road. The practice involved a village seer holding vigil between 11 pm and 1 am to watch for the wraiths of those who would die in the following 12 months.
Sport[edit]
The Fryup Cricket Club ground and pavilion (built in 1925) is situated a few metres along the track off Long Causeway Road, before you reach the bridge over the Great Fryup Beck.[7] The club senior XI compete in the Esk Valley Evening League.[8]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Yorkshire ( Thomas Langdale ).[2] . .FRYOP, GREAT and LITTLE, 2 dales, in the township and parish of Danby, east-division of Langbarugh. . .[2]
- ^ WiKtionary : English < hope > Etymology 3. " From Middle English hope (“a valley”), from Old English hōp (found only in placenames)."
- ^ Examples of hope place names in County Durham:
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b c *"Survey of English Place-Names: Fryup". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ a b Langdale 1822, p. 39.
- ^ Margaret Gelling, ‘Place-Names and Anglo-Saxon Paganism’, University of Birmingham Historical Journal, 8 (1962), 7–25, at 11-12; Nicholas Brooks, Margaret Gelling and Douglas Johnson, ‘A New Charter of King Edgar’, Anglo-Saxon England, 13 (1984), 137–55 at 150–1.
- ^ "Animal campaign group makes unusual request to change North Yorkshire village name to support World Vegan Day". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "An Unusual Request for a North Yorkshire Hamlet". 29 October 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Unbelievable Truth, Series 20, Episode 4". BBC. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Fryup Cricket Club ground". sports-facilities.co.uk. sports-facilities. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Esk Valley Evening League". eskvalleyeveninglge.play-cricket.com. EVEL. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
Sources[edit]
- Langdale, Thomas (1822). A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire. LANGDALE.
External links[edit]
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