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.

Pits Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Chilmark

Historical Forms

  • Pyttes woodde, wood called The Pyttes c.1570 Wilton

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Pyttes woodde , wood called The Pyttes c. 1570Wilton .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement