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.

Burton Pidsea

Major Settlement in the Parish of Burton Pidsea

Historical Forms

  • Bortun(e) 1086 DB
  • Burton(a) 1202 FF c.1275 Rental
  • Burton(a) Gameli 1160–2 YCh1307
  • Burton Pidse, Burton Pydse 13th YD 1338 Ch 1339 Extent 1389 ADii
  • Pidese, Pydese 1296 YI 1297 LS 1301 Pat
  • Pidsey 1550 FF
  • Pideseburton 1260 1377 FF
  • Pideseyburton 1276 Abbr
  • Pidseburton 1333,1342 SR 1349 Ipm 1480 BM
  • Pitseyburton 1512 FF
  • Pudseyburton 1614 FF

Etymology

v. burhtun . Gameli is presumably a feudal owner (OScand  Gamall ). Cf. Pidsea infra .

Places in the same Parish