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.

Pyrton Heath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pyrton

Etymology

Pyrton Heath. Cf. (on þone ) hæþ late 10th (11th) Heming, Hethe 1387 Cl (p), Heath Farm 1797 Davis, Pyrton Heath Fm 1822 O.S.OE  hǣþ, 'uncultivated land.'