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.

Penn Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Towersey

Historical Forms

  • Pennys 1471 ADi

Etymology

This is pretty certainly a manorial name derived from some unknown settler from Penn in the south of the county.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement