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.

Pitley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Bardfield

Historical Forms

  • Pitelingehe(ge) 1197 FF, Stoke
  • Piteleiheg(e), Pitel(i)eheg(e), Piting(e)lege, Pytteley, Pit(t)ele(ge) 12th–13th Stoke 1258 FF
  • Pittlend 1484 Rental
  • Pytley 1551 Pat

Etymology

Pitley Fm is Pitelingehe (ge )1197 FF, Stoke , Piteleiheg (e ), Pitel(i)eheg (e ), Piting (e )lege , Pytteley , Pit (t )ele (ge )12th–13thStoke , 1258 FF, Pittlend 1484Rental , Pytley 1551 Pat, 'Enclosure of Pyttel and his people,' v. ing , (ge)hæg.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name