English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Picton, Picton Hall & Picton Lane

Major Settlement in the Parish of Plemstall

Historical Forms

  • Picheton 1086 DB
  • Pichetone 1096–1101(1280),1150 Chest
  • Picton c.1200–1250 Chest
  • molendinum de Picton c.1200–50 Chest 1303 Chamb
  • boscus de Picton 1303 Chamb
  • Picton Farm 1656 Orm2
  • Picton Hall 1724 NotCestr
  • Pyketone c.1276–7 AD 1309 ChRR
  • Pyketon 1295 Cl
  • Piketon 1287 Court
  • Piketon iuxta Hole 1288 ib
  • Pycketon 1295 Ipm
  • Peketon 1304 Chamb
  • Pecton 1318(p),1334 Orm2
  • Pitton, molendinum de Pitton 1326 Chamb
  • Petton 1332 Pat
  • Picken 1692 Sheaf

Etymology

'Pīca's farm', from an OE  pers.n. Pīca and tūn, with hall , lane , myln , wudu . Topography and medial -e - are against pīc 'a pointed hill'. Picton was in Wilaveston (Wirral) hundred, DB.