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.

pettam ( greene )

Field in the Parish of Ashby cum Fenby

Historical Forms

  • pettam ( greene ) 1577 Terrier
  • Pettam ( greene ) 1601 Terrier
  • pettam 1664 Terrier
  • Pettam 1690 Terrier

Etymology

pettam(greene) 1577, Pettam(greene) 1601, pettam 1664, Pettam 1690(perhapsv. pete'peat', with an uncertain second el.)