Fremington, North Yorkshire

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.

Fremington
Fremington Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE046988
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RICHMOND
Postcode district	DL11
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.38547°N 1.9303°W / 54.38547; -1.9303

The old village cornmill, driven by the Arkle Beck, now a barn

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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][5]