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.

Pilton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pilton

Historical Forms

  • Pilton' 1202,1203 Ass 1352 Peake 1535 VE
  • Piltun 1218 For
  • Pylton' 1248,1344 Cl 1346 RTemple 1382 Fine 1513 Conant 1610 Speed
  • Pyleton, Pileton 1205(p),1206 P 1209–35 RHug c1291 Tax
  • Pilleton 1294 Ass

Etymology

'Farmstead beside the stream', v. pyll , tūn . The stream to which the name refers is R. Chater in its upper reaches.

Places in the same Parish