Pinchaford
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilsington
Historical Forms
- Puncheford 1238 Ass 1323 Ass 1330 SR
- Poncheford 1333 SR
- Pyncheford 1566 DA
Etymology
'Puneca 's ford.' This place-name probably contains in its weak form the same pers. name which is found in puneces wurði (BCS 1323); the site of that place is not known, but it was somewhere in this neighbourhood.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bagtor
- Coldeast
- Colesworthy
- Custreet
- Gavrick Copse
- Halford
- Hartford Fm
- Haytor
- Horridge
- Ingsdon
- Liverton
- Rora
- Sigford and Higher Sigford
- Staplehill