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.

Parswell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tavistock and Tavistock Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Pashull 1244 Ass
  • Pashill juxta Tauystok 1345 Ass
  • Passehille juxta Tauistoke 1345,1346 Ass
  • Passehull 1423 FF
  • Pashill al. Passell 1551,1585 ADv

Etymology

'Passa 's hill.' For the p.n. Passa , v. Redin 106. For the dialectal pronunciation, cf. Arscott supra 127 and Introd. supra xxxiii.