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.

Pynamead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chulmleigh

Historical Forms

  • Paneʒhemede 1308 Exon
  • Paneghetnede 1333 SR
  • Pan(n)emede 1346,1428 FA

Etymology

The first element here is ME  panes , 'penny,' cf. pennyland , a common term for land valued at a penny a year. Here we have meadowland similarly valued. Cf. Pennemade 1387MinAcct (Hackney, Mx).