Pennythorpe Plantation
Early-attested site in the Parish of Howden
Historical Forms
- Pinelthorpe 1199 FF
Etymology
Pennythorpe Plantation (6″) is Pinelthorpe 1199 FF. v. þorp .The first element is an OE pers. name Pinnel (a diminutive of the Pinna found in Penneton, PN D 291) or possibly a very early example of the dialect word pinnel 'coarse gravel' (first evidenced from 1766, NED s.v.).