Fitz
Parish in the County of Shropshire
Historical Forms
- Witesot 1086 DB
- Phitesoth 1128 SAC
- Phitesso 1138 SAC
- Fiteshod' 1155 SAC
- Fittesho c.1175 SAC 1194,5 P 1235-45 HAC 1275 Pat
- Fit(t)esho 1255 RH
- Fytisho 1291-2 Ass
- Futesho 1255-6 Ass
- Fittes 1255-6,1271-2 Ass 1811 PR(L)
- Fittus 1379 Pat
- Fittis 1478 HAC
- Fyttys 1498 Ipm Hy8 RentSur
- Fitts 1535 VE 1648,54 PR(L) 1655 SAS1/XLVII 1722 PR(L)
- Fittz 1577,1686,92 PR(L) 1809 PR(L)
- Fitz 1658 PR(L)
- Fettys 1535 VE
Etymology
Fitt's spur of land', v. hōh . The two earliest forms from SAC have unusually early instances of Ph - for F -. The church and manor house at Fitz stand near the tip of a clearly defined, long, narrow spur, which is the hōh of the name.
The loss of the final element is to be associated with the same development in Edgebold, Edgmond and Ercall. The spelling Fittes in 1255-6 shows that it happened earlier in this name than in the others. The spelling Fyttys shows that a disyllabic pronunciation was preserved at least till the 16th cent. Fittes spellings continue into the 19th cent., but they are not conclusive evidence for a disyllable at that date. The monosyllabic form is first clearly evidenced in 1535, and the voicing of -s to -z in 1577.
Fitz is now in the civil parish of Pimhill.
Places in this Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Albion Hayes
- Bank Ho
- Barn Piece Covert
- Black Coppice
- Brickkiln Pltn
- Bylet
- Coppy Bank Fm
- Fitz Coppice
- Fitz Manor, Fitz Manor Fm
- Fitz Mill
- The Gorse
- Grafton Ho, Grafton Lodge
- Meadow Pltn
- Medley Fm
- Merrington Pltn
- Mock Hall
- The Moss
- Mytton Hall, Mytton Ho, Mytton Mill
- New Meadow Pltn
- Punch's Drive
- The Rookery
- The Rough
- Round Coppice
- Weir Meadow Pltn
Field
- Adcott Fd
- Backhouse Croft
- Backside
- Bakehouse Croft
- Banky Fd
- Banky Lsw
- Barley Croft
- Barn Croft
- Barn Yd
- Boat Lands
- Brade Mdw
- Brickkiln
- Brickkiln Lsw
- Brickkiln Pce
- Broad Lsw
- Broom Fd
- Bylet
- Bylets
- Cabin Lsw
- Calves Croft
- Calves Yd
- Cart House Fd
- Chapel Fd
- Claypits
- Cockshutt Hill
- Common Fd
- Common Pce
- The Common Pce
- Coppice
- Coppice Lsw
- Cote Fd
- Cow Pasture
- Creek Flg
- Criftin Mdw
- Criftin
- Crinkham
- Croft ( s )
- Ddol Bank
- Drain Fd
- Elm Fd
- Far Yd
- Ferny Flat
- Field by the House
- Fitz Fd
- Fitz Fd
- Five Days Math
- Flash Fd
- Flat Fd
- Flood Mdw
- Footway Pce
- Foxhole Doors
- Garden Pce
- Garden Yd
- Gayley Bank
- Gorsy Patch
- Gravelly Croft
- Green Lsw
- The Grudy
- Hams
- Hargroves
- Hedge Croft
- Hemp Yd
- Hengreave
- Higher Lsw
- Hill Fd
- Hovel Fd
- The Lawn
- Little Dicks
- Little Moss
- Llyddiate Lsw
- Long Croft
- Long Lsw
- Long Mdw
- Long Slang
- Lower Mdw
- Maidenhead Lane
- Mannings Croft
- Mare Fd
- The Meadow
- Middle Lsw
- Mitton Fd
- Middle Pce
- Moses Pce
- New Lsw
- New Pce
- Nicholls Britch
- The Nook
- Old House Yd
- Old Orchard
- Olive Bush Lsw
- Onion 's Lsw
- Osiers
- Paddock
- Park Bank
- Patch
- Peartree Lsw
- Perry Fd
- Perry Mdw
- Perry Mouth
- Robin Hill 's Fd
- Rough Ground
- Rough Mdw
- Roundabouts
- The Sands
- Sed or Sead Gear
- Seven Lands
- Shop Mdw
- Sitch Croft
- Springs
- Square Lsw
- Square Mdw
- Stable Yd
- Swan 's Nest
- Thistly Fd
- Townsend
- Tyne Mdw
- Wall Lsw
- Well Croft
- Well Lsw
- Well Mdw
- Wheat Fd
- Wheelwright 's Shop
- Wilmore
- Withy Stiles
- Wood Fd
- Yard
- Yeld Fd