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.

the pits

Field in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

the pits 1606 Terrier 1638 Terrier

the pitts 1679 Terrier

pits 1721 Terrier

Etymology

the pits 1606, 1638, the pitts 1679, pits 1721(v. pytt)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Rothwell