Pinnock
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pinnock and Hyde
Historical Forms
- Pignoscire 1086 DB
- Kimoesyr(am) (sic) 1154–89 RBE 1237 Fees
- Pinnokes(c)ir', Pynnokes(c)ir', Pynnokes(c)hir(e) 1195 P 1221 Ass 1227,1229 Ch 1543 AOMB
- Pinnacscr' 1204 ClR
- Pinnoc(k)sir', Pynnoc(k)sir', Pynnoc(k)syre, Pynnoc(k)s(c)hire, Pynnucs(c)hire, Pynnoks(c)hire 1211–13,1220 Fees Hy3 Ipm 1221,1248 Ass 1255 Cl c.1270 Misc 1535 VE
- Pinnacscr' 1204 ClR
- Pynucsyre 1276 RH
- Pynnockes Shyre 1539 AOMB 1540 LP
- Pynnocke Sheire, Pynnocke Skerne 1634 FF
- Pinno(c)k(e), Pynno(c)k(e) 1327 SR 1334 Ipm Hy6 AddCh 1715 PR
Etymology
Pinnock is probably from an OE *pennuc 'a small pen or fold', found in Wiltshire as Pennok and Pinnock from the 13th century (cf. W. 443); a similar early change of pen - to pin - occurs in Pinhoe (D 443). The significance of OE scīr 'shire' (also used of a smaller district with some form of separate jurisdiction) is not known (cf. BG xxi, 33 ff). Ekwall prefers a derivative of Brit *penno- 'hill'.