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.

West Perry

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Staughton

Historical Forms

Pirie 1086 DB 1227 Ass

Pirie Louetot 1286 Ass

Perihe 1219 FF

Pery 1463 FF

Pury 1478 FF

Pyrry 1484 FF

Etymology

'Pear-tree' v. pirige .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Staughton