Pitsea
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pitsea
Historical Forms
- Piceseia 1086 DB
- Pichesey(e), Pichese(i)a, Picheseya 1119 Colch 1423 Dugdiv
- Pycheseya t.Hy3 Colch
- Pichiseye 1274 RH
- Pikeseye, -ye-, Pikesheye 1253 Ch 1254 Ass
- Pythisey 1260 FF
- Pitheseye 1292 Cl
- Petchesey(e) 1285 QW 1423 Dugdiv
- Pecheseye 1329 Londin 1423 Dugdiv
- Petceseye 1285 QW 1423 Dugdiv
- Pisseye 1401 Pat
- Pitchesey 1486 FF
- Pytsay 1488 ib
- Pittessey 1535 VE
- Pytchey 1555 Pat
- Pitzey 1586 Camden
- Pitsey 1602 Stent
Etymology
'Island or marshland of Pīc ,' v. eg . For the change from [tʃs] to [ts], cf. Bletsoe (PN BedsHu 27) and Pitstone (PN Bk 99).