Editing Frodsham (section)

===Toponymy===
The etymology of Frodsham's name is not entirely clear. It is called ''Frotesham'' in the [[Domesday Book]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Place name: Frodsham, Cheshire Folio: 263v Great Domesday Book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7309739 |publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref> A literal translation of the [[Old English]] would give personal name of ''Frod'' or an old spelling of ''ford'', and ''ham'' which means a village or homestead; hence Frod's village or the village on the ford (ford-ham). However, an alternative, more obscure etymology exists which suggests the name means "promontory into marsh", which would make sense considering that Frodsham had a promontory castle very close to marshland. Another possible etymology is Old English 'frōd' (“wise, prudent; experienced, old”) and 'Ham' ("homestead, settlement, or village"), with the 's' having been added through phonetic evolution or linguistic simplification over time, giving the meaning 'Wise Village'. Frodsham is unique as the name of a settlement in the [[British Isles]].<ref>The exact quote in Latham page 14 reads: "Frodsham is unique in the British Isles in that the name does not occur anywhere else."</ref><ref>Though a nearby township was referred to during the period of the [[ancient parishes of Cheshire]] as "Newton by Frodsham", its current name is now just "Newton". See Dunn, F. I. (1987), page 27, which states that, at the time, the Newton township near to Frodsham was referred to as "Newton by Frodsham". Furthermore, see [[Ordnance Survey]] (2004), which refers to the modern settlement which was Newton by Frodsham township just as "Newton" without any Frodsham component: {{gbmappingsmall|SJ531751}}</ref> Earlier spellings of the name have included Fradsham, Frandsham, Frodisham, Ffradsam and Ffradsham.<ref>{{Harvnb|Latham|1987|p=14.}}</ref>