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Pimphall Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chingford

Historical Forms

  • Buck(e)rell(e)s 1538 Monoux 1540 LP c.1840 TA
  • Buckres and Gowers 1543 Monoux
  • Pympis 1543 MinAcct
  • Gowers and Buck(e)rell(e)s 1544 LP
  • Gowers and Buckerells alias Pympes manor 1568 M
  • Bukerel t.Hy3 Waltham

Etymology

Pimphall Fm (6″) is Buck (e )rell (e )s 1538Monoux , 1540 LP, c. 1840 TA, Buckres and Gowers 1543Monoux , Pympis 1543MinAcct , Gowers and Buck (e )rell (e )s 1544 LP, Gowers and Buckerells alias Pympes manor 1568 M. Named from the families of Thomas Bukerel (t. Hy 3Waltham ) and Sir John Gower , whose daughter, Elizabeth, married Reginald Pympe .v. PN W'stow 30–2.