Purps
Early-attested site in the Parish of Shaugh
Historical Forms
- Purpris 1291 Dartmoor 1408
Etymology
This is the OFr pourprise , 'a close or enclosure,' properly the past participle of OFr pourprendre , 'to take away entirely,' v. NED s. n . It was a legal term used in the case of encroachments upon the property of a community or of the crown. Cf. Purprise, PN SWY 234.