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Survey of English Place-Names

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Plython Lake

Early-attested site in the Parish of Oldbury upon Severn

Historical Forms

  • Pleythorne 1497 AOMB
  • Plythorn Lake 1830 M

Etymology

Plython Lake, ate Pleʒethorn ' 1322 Ext (p), Pleythorne 1497AOMB , Plythorn Lake 1830 M. Plythorn is 'thorn-tree where sport took place', v. plega , þorn . The lake is a pool or channel in the Severn, v. lacu 'stream, water-course' but it may be ME  lake (Lat  lacus ) 'lake, pool'.