Waterperry
Major Settlement in the Parish of Waterperry
Historical Forms
- Pereivn 1086 DB
- Perie 1086 DB 1320 Ch
- Waterperi 1186–91 Os
- Periet c.1130 OxonCh
- Perieth 1259 Os
- Waterpyrye 1203–6 Os c.1280 Cl 1400
- Pyrya c.1225 Os 1350 Os
- Waterpurye c.1294 BC c.1444
- Purie 1316 FA
- Waterpury 1413 BC c.1444 FA 1428
Etymology
'Pear tree,' v. pirige . 'Water' has been added for distinction from Woodperry 188–9. The land on either side of the Thame here is liable to floods.