Plesingho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Willingale Doe
Historical Forms
- Plesinchov 1086 DB
- Plesing(e)ho(o) 1198 1208 FF 1212 RBE 1303 FA
- Plesynghow 1270 FF
- Plesingesho 1272 Ass
- Plessingho 1246 FF 1269–70 Pat
- Plessingehou 1254 Ass
- Plesinghorn (rectius Plesinghou) t.Hy3 FA
- Plesiggo c.1380 EASxii
Etymology
'The ridge of Plesa or of his sons,' v. ing , hoh . horn is practically synonymous with hoh . The place is variously described as a town or hamlet and in 1291 is said to lie in campo de Westfeld (EAS viii, 333–4, 376). It is once mentioned with Birds Green and, as there was no mill in Willingale in 1086 but there was one at Plesingho , it has been suggested that this was at Miller's Green. The site was perhaps at Torrells Hall which is on the slope not far from these two places, and is described by White (601) in 1863 as “the pleasant hamlet of Tyrell's Hall, vulgarly called Torrel's Hall.”