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.

Pennyswick Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buscot

Historical Forms

  • Pynnokeswike 1525 Finchampstead

Etymology

Pennyswick Fm, Pynnokeswike 1525 Finchampstead; v. wīc , Pinnock 'sparrow', was probably a surname, v. Reaney 253.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement