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.

Parsloes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dagenham

Historical Forms

  • Passelewesmede 1390 EASxvi
  • Passhlewes 1456 ERxxxiii
  • Parslo(w)es 1609 LRMB 1634 Shawcross
  • Passelewe 1250 FF

Etymology

Parsloes is Passelewesmede 1390 EAS xvi, Passhlewes 1456 ER xxxiii, Parslo (w )es 1609LRMB , 1634 Shawcross. This represents the possessions of the family of Hugh Passelewe (1250 FF). The surname is from the French passe l 'ewe , sometimes Latinised as passaquam . For the r cf. DraytonParslow (PN Bk 66) and Introd. xxxvii.