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.

Pikehorne Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Keresley

Etymology

Pikehorne Wood (6″) is le Pykehorne 1338, Pikehorne 1411Coventry . There is a well-marked projection of land here, v. horn .