Purbright
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chipstead
Historical Forms
- Pyrybrith 1292 Ipm
- Pyrebryght' 1308 Chertsey
- Purbright 1506 FF 1535 VE
Etymology
Purbright is Pyrybrith 1292 Ipm, Pyrebryght '1308 Chertsey, Purbright 1506 FF, 1535 VE. Peter de Pirifriit (sic) held half a fee in Pirbright in Woking Hundred (supra 144) and had also a smaller holding of a quarter fee then unnamed, in Chipstead, which he rented from Chertsey Abbey (1242 Fees). The name is clearly manorial rather than local in origin.