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.

Pilhough

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanton

Historical Forms

  • Pilethhalch c.1290 BelCh
  • Pil-hough Wood House 1767 Burdett

Etymology

, Pilethhalch c. 1290BelCh , Pil-hough Wood House 1767 Burdett , ' nook or corner of land where pill-oats weregrown ' , v. pil-āte , halh ; pill-oats ' oats whose husks peel off ' .