Peasemore
Major Settlement in the Parish of Peasemore
Historical Forms
- Praxemere 1086 DB
- Pesemere 1166 RBE 13th
- Peselmera 1169 P
- Peselmere 1187 ib
- Pasemere 1229–30 FF
- Pesmere 1385 Fine
- Pusemere 1301 Ipm 1316 FA 1328,1374 Ipm
- Peysmer 1535 VE
Etymology
The second el. is mere 'pond', the first pise , peosu 'pea', cf. Pusey Pt 2. Ekwall (DEPN) suggests that the reference in this instance is to some wild plant resembling the pea. O.S. maps show a very small pond by the church.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bolton Row
- Bushy Leaze
- Chalkpit Plantation
- Chapel Wd
- The Cottage
- Drake's Fm
- Earl's Grove
- Ebenezer Chapel
- Eight Acre Row
- Freelands
- Gibbet Cottages
- Gidley Copse, Gidley Lane
- Hailey Copse, Little Hailey Copse, Lower Hailey Copse
- Hailey Lane
- Heath Barn
- Hunham Copse
- Manor Fm
- Mell Green
- Mud Lane
- Prince's Fm, Prince's Lane
- Prior's Side, Prior's Wd
- The Rookery
- Roughdown Cottages, Roughdown Fm
- Sheep Leaze Lane
- Warrendown Row
- Whitelands
- Widow's Fm
- Wilkins's Barn
- Witnam's Barn, Witnam's Copse
Field
- Barn Close
- The Belchers
- The Breach
- Burland ( s )
- Collins Pit
- Common Shot
- Crabtree Piece
- Cullimore Fd
- The Down
- Drapers Piece
- Ell Piece
- Foot Path Fd
- Ford Down Bottom
- Ford Ground
- Frog Mdw ( Frogmede )
- Gidley Hill
- Goodlands
- Gravelly Fd
- The Hearn
- High Elms
- Hill Common
- Home Close
- Horse Close
- Kiln Close
- Lilly Hill
- Mackerill Close
- Middle Fd
- Picked Acres
- Pit Piece
- South Fd ( Southfelde )
- Stockwell Piece
- Town Plat
- Wood Piece
- Worndown
- Aysshelande
- Le Comen Downe
- Le Ferme Homefelde
- Le Forge
- Hamedone
- Herlesdun '
- Hundegrave
- Le Netherclose
- Le Northfelde
- Le Overclose
- Le Parsonage Barne
- Pors Ferme
- Suston
- Suthleshe Sowle
- Le Westefelde
- Le Wildewaye
- Wytecroft