English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Pen-Moel

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tidenham

Historical Forms

  • Penmoyle 1701 GR262 1830 M

Etymology

Pen-Moel, Penmoyle 1701GR 262, 1830 M. A Welsh p.n. meaning 'bare hill', v. penn 1 , moel .