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.

Pirzwell Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kentisbeare

Historical Forms

  • Pissewilla 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Pissewelle
  • Pissewell 1238 Ass
  • Pisevill 1198 FF
  • Pisewill(e) 1201 FF 1242 Fees792
  • Pysewell 1244 Ass
  • Pyseweyll 1285 FA
  • Pyswille 1361 Ass

Etymology

'Pea(se) spring,' i.e. by which pease grow. v. pise , wielle .