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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.

First Pitts Cl The First Pitts Cl

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • 1825 Terrier
  • le Pyttes 1352 Rut
  • lez Pyttes 1427 Rut
  • the pittes cloasse 1601 Terrier
  • the Pittes close 1605 Terrier 1625 Terrier
  • the Pitts close 1629 Terrier
  • ( The ) Pitts Close c.1705 Terrier 1709 Terrier

Etymology

First Pitts Cl The First Pitts Cl 1825 (le Pyttes 1352, lez Pyttes 1427, the pittes cloasse 1601, the Pittes close 1605, 1625, the Pitts close 1629 (1712), the Pits close c. 1700, 1712, (The) Pitts Close c. 1705, 1709), v. pytt, clos (e))