The origin of the name Fryup is most likely to stem from a combination of the name of the Old Norse goddess of love, Freja, and hop, which denotes a small valley (literally: Freja-hop). In Norse mythology, Freja is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seidhr (sorcery), war and death.
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Fryup Dale is a corner of rural England whose inhabitants deserve congratulation on their foresight and initiative. Men and women of sturdy, independent spirit, they are not sitting back waiting for a Government gift of amenities – a thing so many rural communities dream will come their way. The people of Fryup are not standing idly by waiting for a better world to be presented to them – they are making it for themselves with a true pioneering spirit.
Yorkshire Life, July-Sep 1949
THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT 
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