Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pinefort c.1160 Sarum

• Pineford 1280,1288 Ass

• Pynefford(') 1264 MiltRoll e15 Orig 1331

• Pineford(e) 1275 Ipm 1280 Ass 1285 FA 1299 Ipm 1316 FA 1332 SR 1406 Digby 1431 FA

• Pinford 1263 Ipm 1303 FA 1621 Pitt 1811 OS

• Pynford(') 1346 FA 1380 Sher 1428 FA

• via que ducit uersus Pynford(') 1462 Digby 1563 et freq

• Pynfforde 1531 ib

• Pinforde (Hill) 1600 ib

• Pinford farme, Pinferd farme 1614 Pitt

• Pynforde Farme 1614 Digby

• Pinfard farme 1617 Pitt

• Pynneford' 1487 Digby

• Pimford 1870 Hutch3

Etymology

v. ford 'ford'. The first el. is doubtful. OE  pīn 'pine-tree' as suggested by Fägersten 211 seems preferable to either PrWelsh  penn1 'hill' or OE  pynd or penn 2 'enclosure' as suggested by Kökeritz 125. On the other hand, in spite of the absence of -nn - spellings among the early forms, OE  pinn 'pin, peg' or an OE  pers.n. Pinna are perhaps also possible here as in a number of other names like Pingwell Sx 414, Pinley Wa 167, 219, Pinner Mx 63, cf. also the ME  surname Pyne which occurs in Do in 1327SR (Kingston Lacy).