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.

Pennaton

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Brent

Historical Forms

  • Pynnaton 1292 Add 1340 Ass
  • Pynaton 1330 SR
  • Pin(n)aton 1422 DA

Etymology

'Pinna 's farm,' v. tun .The pers. name Pinna may be inferred from pinnan rode KCD 967. Cf. also Pinner PN Mx 69.