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.

Perryhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cranfield

Etymology

cf. Piriecroft 13th AD iii

Pyriefeld 1300Hunts Ct Rolls (PRO)

Pyrebroke 1312Hunts Ct Rolls (PRO)

del Pyrye 1317 ib. (p)

v. pirige . All these places must have taken their name from some prominent pear-tree. Cf. Perry (Hunts) infra 271.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement