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Survey of English Place-Names

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Penn Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Minterne Magna

Historical Forms

  • the Pen 1618 Winch
  • Meech's Penn 1843 TA

Etymology

, ( land called ) the Pen 1618Winch , Meech 's Penn 1843TA , situated along the 800 ′ contour by High Stoy supra , so this may be the original Brit name for the hill , from PrWelsh  *penn1 ' head, top ' ; for the surname Meech , cf. f. ns . infra .