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.

the peartre close

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • the peartre close 1612 Terrier
  • the Pairtree Close 1745 Terrier

Etymology

the peartre close 1612, (the) Peartree Close 1625, 1675 et passim to 1712, the Pairtree Close 1745 (v. pertre)