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.

Pillowell

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Pellowe well 1669 Comm

Etymology

, 1830 M , Pellowe well 1669Comm , probably from the surname Pellow ( Reaney 246 ) , v. wella .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement