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.

Pinley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coventry

Historical Forms

  • Pinneley c.1144 Ch 1348 c.1185 ADv 1348 1371
  • Pinnesle 1251 Pat
  • Pynneleye juxta Coventre 1293 Ass
  • Pyninglegh 1272 Ass
  • Pynglegh 1361 Cl
  • Pinle(e) 1298 Ipm 1362 BPR
  • Pynlee juxta Coventre 1366 Cl
  • Pinley 1374 Ch

Etymology

'Pinna 's clearing or wood,' v. leah . See also Pinley infra 219.For the pers. name cf. Pinton (PN Wo 334) and Pennicott (PN D 416).