Freemantle

Freemantle
Christ Church, Freemantle
Freemantle Location within Southampton
Unitary authority	Southampton
Ceremonial county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode district	SO15
Dialling code	023
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Southampton Test
List of places UK England Hampshire 50°54′42″N 1°25′35″W / 50.9117°N 1.4265°W / 50.9117; -1.4265

Freemantle is a suburb and electoral ward in Southampton, England.

There are similarly named places in Hampshire: notably Henry II's hunting lodge in Kingsclere; an area near Hannington; and Freemantle Common in Bitterne. These were formerly thought to be French names meaning "cold cloak", but are now known to derive from the word fromental, meaning a wheat-field.^[1]