Pilton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pilton, East and West
Historical Forms
- Piltone wið Bearstaple 10th BurghalHidage 12th
- Piltona 1086 DB(Exon)
- Wiltone
- Pilton 1121 France 1167 P
- Pelleton 1256 FF
Etymology
'Farm by the creek,' v. pyll , tun , referring to the spot where the little river Yeo enters the Taw and becomes tidal. For Wiltone cf. Pickwell supra 44. wið here denotes 'opposite.'