Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Plyssch' (2 ×), Plissh', Plussh (rubric) 891 Glast(S347(2)) 14

• ad Plussh', Plyssh' (rubric) 941 14 ib

• Plis m12 Douce 13 GlastR 1268 Ass

• Plys c.1165 MontC 1268 Ass 1288 ib

• P'lis 1201 FF

• Plis(s)ch' 13 Glast m14 SR 1327

• Plyhs 1268 Ass

• Plysse, Plisse 1288 Ass

• Plisses 1291 Tax

• Plyssh' 1332 SR

• Plys' 1338–40 Glast

• Plus(s)h(e) e14,c.1325 GlastE 1338–40 Glast 1340 NI 1342 GlastF 1412 FA

• Plussche e14 GlastE

• Pluys(c)h' e14 GlastE

• Pluyssh 1441 Wells 1450 Pat

• Plyusshe 1568 Ct

Etymology

From an OE  plysc, plisc 'pool', probably cognate with plæsc which has a similar meaning and surviving as dial. plish , as first suggested by Fägersten 206. The boundary of the Anglo Saxon estate of Plyssch ', in 891 (14) Glast (S 347(2)), goes west over Plissh ' where it crosses the deep valley in which Plush is situated, and there is still a pool here c. ¾ mile S of the hamlet at ST 712009, cf. also aque de Plys 1268Ass , Plusshebroke c. 1325GlastE (v. brōc ) and the TA f.n. Wool Md infra .