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.

Priors Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ruislip

Etymology

Priors Fm. Cf. Priores feilde 1565Kings , Priors Field 1754 R, Pryor Farm 1819 G. The name recalls the small priory of Ruislip, a cell dependent on the abbey of Bec in Normandy.