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.

Pishobury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sawbridgeworth

Historical Forms

  • Pyshoo, Posho 1293 Ipm
  • Pishoo 1295 Ct 1296 Extent
  • Pisho ib.
  • Pissho 1310 Ipm
  • Pysshe (sic) 1315 Works
  • Pysho 1343 Cl
  • Pyssawe 1452 Pat
  • Pyssoubury 1294 Ch
  • Pisshobury 1303 FA 1357 Ipm
  • Pishoobury 1428 FA
  • Pysho Bury 1499 Ipm
  • Pissehowe 1296 Extent
  • Pisshostrat 1294 SR
  • Spisshou 1310 Cl

Etymology

'Spur of land where peas were grown,' v. pise , hoh . For bury , v. burh (manorial) and infra 243. For initial Sp - cf. PN Ess 180, s. n. Scaldhurst.