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.

Pitch Font Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Limpsfield

Etymology

Pitch Font Lane (6″) is Pychefronte (sic)1391, Pichesfunte 1402, Pychezfount 1505 SAC vi. The second element is the rare OE  funta, 'spring,' found in Chalfont (PN Bk 218). The first element is uncertain. It might be the OFr personal name which seems to be found in the near-by Pitchers Wood infra 338.