High Friarside

High Friarside is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the west of Burnopfield.^[1]

The placename is variously recorded as Frevejohanside, Frerejonside, and Freresyde meaning "Friar (John’s) hill".^[2] There are also localities called Low Friarside and Middle Friarside.

References[edit]

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 88 Newcastle upon Tyne (Durham & Sunderland) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229989.
^ Mawer, A. (1920). The place-names of Northumberland and Durham. p. 90.

54°54′14″N 1°44′44″W / 54.90389°N 1.74556°W / 54.90389; -1.74556

Further reading[edit]

Longstaffe, W. Hylton Dyer. (1970). Early history of Ebchester, Friarside, and Medomsley.. Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland 2. Vol 2, pp. 125-133.

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[OS88-1] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 88 Newcastle upon Tyne (Durham & Sunderland) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229989.

[2] Mawer, A. (1920). The place-names of Northumberland and Durham. p. 90.

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