Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Palinges, Pellinges 1086 DB

• Pellincis 1121 AC

• Pedlinga 1185,1190,1193 P

• Pelyng(e) 13th SAC3,49 1207 Abbr 1335 Ch 1390 IpmR 1400 SR 1535 VE

• Peeling 1406 CplM 1719 PHB

• Peelings c.1840 TA

Etymology

If the Pipe-Roll forms belong to this place, and this seems probable, then the full form of the name was Pydelingas , i.e. 'people of Pydel .' For this pers. name, a diminutive of Pyda , v. supra 324. At the eastern end of the county y may well appear only as e , which with early assimilation of d and l would give Pellings (cf. supra 297). Later the vowel was probably lengthened under the influence of ME  pele , ModEng peel 'fortified house.'