Prinknash Park
Major Settlement in the Parish of Prinknash Park
Historical Forms
- Prinkenesse, Prynkenesse 1121 Glouc
- Prynkenaix 1228,c.1230 GlR
- Prynkenesche p.1412 GloucHist
- Prynkenasshe 1544 LP
- Prynkenasshe Parke 1542 MinAcct
- Prikenhassce c.1230 GlR
- Prickenasse 1287 Ass
- Prignes 1775,1690 M
- Pynkenassh (sic) 1354 Ch
- Prenkenashe 1535 VE
- Prinkneshe 1628 GlCorp
- Prinknash Park 1798 PR
Etymology
'Princa's ash-tree', v. æsc . No OE pers.n. Princa is recorded or so far found in other p.ns. (Princknash Nap 110supra is probably this p.n. as a surname). But etymologically it would be a derivative of the once-recorded OE princ 'blinking of an eye' (Napier, Old English Glosses (Oxford 1900) 2369), to which ME prinken 'to wink, blink' is also related; there was a Walter Prinke in Offenham (Wo) in 1327SR ; cf. Prinknill (89supra ).
Places in the same Parish
None