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.

Pytchley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pytchley

Historical Forms

  • pihteslea, pihteslea forda 956 BCS943 c.1250
  • Pihteslea 1086 DB 1302 Ipm
  • Picteslei 1086 DB 1249 Ipm
  • Piteslea 1086 DB 1398 Cl
  • Pisteslai 1131 P
  • Pistesle(e) 1205 Cur 1237 Cl 1284 FA
  • Pichtesle 1189 Ch 1332
  • Pychte(s)le(g) 1219 FF 1227 Ch 1238 Cl
  • Pectesle 1198 Fees
  • Pyghtesle 1316 FA 1391 Cl
  • Pitchesle 1323 Ipm
  • Pitchesleye 1323 Cl
  • Peychisle 1372 Moulton
  • Pycheley al. Pyghtesley 1544 LP
  • Pitchley al. Pixley t.Jas1 ECP
  • Pichly 1657 NRSi
  • Pichely 1712 Morton

Etymology

'Peoht 's clearing or woodland,' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site