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.

Primemeads

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alfold

Historical Forms

  • Preymead 1775 Rental

Etymology

Primemeads (6″) is Preymead 1775Rental . Cf. also Preystrete 1559Ct . This seems to contain as first element the word discussed under Pray Heath supra 158.