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
- 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
- The Rookery
- Roughdown Cottages, Roughdown Fm
- Sheep Leaze Lane
- Warrendown Row
- Whitelands
- Widow's Fm
- Wilkins's Barn
- Witnam's Barn, Witnam's Copse
- Drake's Fm
- Prior's Side, Prior's Wd