English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Pressmore (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashley Green

Historical Forms

  • Preesmoor 1826 B

Etymology

The first element may possibly be the British word found in Welsh prys , 'covert, brushwood,' Corn. pres , 'meadow,' discussed by Ekwall, PN La 153, and found in Preese (La) and Prees (Sa).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement