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.

Pilland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pilton, East and West

Historical Forms

  • Pillanda 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Welland
  • Pilland 1157–60 France
  • Pylilond 1281 Ass
  • Pileland 1329 Ch

Etymology

The 'pill' here must have been the brooklet which rises near Pilland. Possibly in early times it was a tidal creek or cove. For W -, cf. Pilton supra .

Places in the same Parish