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.

Pethill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shaugh

Historical Forms

  • Pidehel(e) 1086 DB 1330 SR
  • Puddehell 1238 Ass
  • Pudehel 1291 Dartmoor 1408
  • Pythehele 1394 Ass
  • Pithehele 1490 Ipm

Etymology

Probably 'Pyd (d )a 's healh,' with later confusion of unstressed second elements.