Monk Fryston en · PROPN
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.
Meanings
- A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5029).