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.

Press

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashover

Historical Forms

  • Presse wall Ed1 Kniveton
  • Prasse 1330 Ass
  • Prassefeld 1536 MinAcct 1543 AOMB
  • Pressfields 1648 Woll
  • Press 1693 Derby

Etymology

Press, Presse wall Ed 1Kniveton , Prasse 1330Ass (p), Prassefeld 1536MinAcct , 1543AOMB , Pressfields 1648Woll , Press 1693Derby . This is an obscure name but the spellings may possibly represent PrW  *pres 'brushwood' found in some other p.ns. like Preesall, Preese La, Prees Sa. v. wælla , feld for the additions.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement