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.

Pridhamsleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Staverton

Historical Forms

  • Prodomisle 1500 Ipm
  • Prodehomeslegh 1529–32 ECP6,195

Etymology

Pridhamsleigh is

Legh (Prod (h )omme ) 1281 Visit , 1291 Tax, Prodomisle 1500 Ipm, Prodehomeslegh 1529–32 ECP 6, 195, and takes its name from the family of Prodhomme of which John is mentioned in 1281 (Visit ), v. leah .