[4] The "on the Wreake" suffix was added later to distinguish the village from another Frisby, near Billesdon, about 8 miles (13 km) to the southeast.

The number of weddings at the parish church increased substantially compared to earlier and later times and the village earned the later nickname of the Gretna Green of the Midlands.

[citation needed] When the church was founded the main road from Leicester to Melton Mowbray passed through the village, entering from Hoby with Rotherby to the south and leaving by Kirby Bellars to the north.

The village was bypassed to the south when the turnpike, now the primary route A607, was built in the 18th century.

Frisby Mill was on the River Wreake and was working at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086.

When the great fields were enclosed in the late 18th century, landowners were compensated by the award of blocks of land.

The poorer owners often sold their holdings, which were usually very small, and consolidation into the present farms took place.

Transport was improved by the opening of the Melton Mowbray Navigation in the 1790s and the Syston and Peterborough Railway in 1847.