Pyt Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashampstead
Historical Forms
- Pithowse 1503 PubLib
- Pitthouse 1631,1654 ib
- Pitthowse 1667 ib
- Mannor of Pithouse 1747 ArchJ
- Pit House 1846 Snare
Etymology
Pyt Ho, Pithowse 1503PubLib , Pitthouse 1631, 1654ib , Pitthowse 1667ib , Mannor of Pithouse 1747 ArchJ 16, Pit House 1846 Snare.Cf. Willelmus de Puteo c. 1180 Rutland, Roger atte Putte 1318 Cl, Miles Atte Putte 1326 ib, all in Ashampstead. v. pytt 'pit'. The 6″ map marks a number of old chalk pits in the vicinity. Pyt Ho was probably the manor-house of the northern half of Ashampstead (VCH iii, 449–50, where it is also stated that the Pitt family were living here in the 16th cent.).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Flower's Copse
- Greenaway's Copse
- Holly Lane
- The Row
- Beche Park Wd
- Hassock Copse
- Quick's Green
- Ashampstead Common and Ashampstead Green
- Hartridge Lye
- Home Copse
- Black Wd
- Bowler's Copse
- Bullard's Copse
- Burnt Hill, Burnthill Common
- Caseyfield Shaw
- Challengehook Copse and Challengehook Plantation
- Child's Ct Fm
- Copy Wd
- Doctor's Copse
- Dog Lane
- Eastfield Wd
- Fanny's Copse
- Hitchin Barn
- James's Copse
- Lay Fields, Leyfield Wd
- Limers Shaw
- Long-Croft Shaw
- Lye Wd
- Maple Copse
- Morrell's Shaw
- New Inn
- Norcot Wd
- Palmer's Hill
- Pyke's Hill
- Siccar's Plantation
- Sodom Lane
- Stone Hangers
- Streeks Copse
- Stubbles
- Suck's Lane
- Westcroft Shaw
- White Hill
- Yattendon Lane
- Young Plantation