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.

Peak Forest

Major Settlement in the Parish of Peak Forest

Historical Forms

  • foresta de Pecco, foresta de Pecko 1223 ClR 1232 Cl 1233 Lib
  • foresta de Peck 1277 Ch
  • foresta de Haut Peck 1345 LansdCh
  • foreste del Peek 1383 Gaunt
  • Peake Forest 1577 Saxton

Etymology

Peak Forest formerly covered a much greater area than the modern parish; the bounds are quoted Hy 3, 1285For but cannot be traced with exactness. It was of course a medieval hunting-forest and not a continuous wooded area.