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.

Pinslow

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Giles on the Heath

Historical Forms

  • Pinteslo 1244 Ass
  • Penteslo 1330 SR

Etymology

This is a difficult name. The second element is probably sloh, 'marsh, slough.' Professor Ekwall suggests that the first element may be ME  pint or pintel , a short name for the common plant cuckoo-pint or -pintle, which grows in marshy places.

Places in the same Parish