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.

Pirton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pirton

Historical Forms

  • Peritone 1086 DB 1197 FF 1467 et freq
  • Peritun, Perinton 1244 Fees 1254–8 Grossteste
  • Piriton(e) 1185 Templars 1402 FA
  • Pyrinton 1255 Ass 1297 Pat
  • Pirynton 1287 Ass
  • Puriton 1266 FF
  • Puryton 1467 ib
  • Pyrtone 1303 FA
  • Pyrton al. Piriton 1570 FF

Etymology

'Pear-tree farm,' v. pirige , tun .

Places in the same Parish