FRISTON, a parish in the hundred of PLOMESGATE, county of SUFFOLK, S miles (S.E.) from Saxmundham, containing 452 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage united to that of Snape, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5, and endowed with £ 200 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.