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.

Peaseland Hook

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1762 EnclA 1837 Valuation
  • Peyslond ' 1467×84 LTD
  • Undur peyslandis 1467×84 LTD
  • Peaseland howke 1601 Terrier

Etymology

Peaseland Hook 1762, 1837 (Peyslond', Undur peyslandis 1467 × 84 (v. under), Peaseland howke 1601, Peas (e) land Hook (e) 1601, 1612 et passim to 1745 (v. hōc), cf. Peasland Hooke furlong 1675 (v. furlang), Peas (e) land Hook (e) Meadow 1678, 1679 et passim to 1745, v. pise, land)