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.

Pendell Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blechingley

Historical Forms

  • la Pende 1259 Ass
  • at(t)e Pende 1279,1305 Ass 1301 Pat 1332 SR
  • Pendhull 1367 LBl
  • Pendehull 1509 FF
  • Pendell 1529 BM
  • Pendell al. Pendhill 1605 SACxxiv

Etymology

This is OE  pynd , 'enclosure,' ME  pund , pend . Cf. Pen Hill (PN Sx 200), Piend (PN D 151). The hill is a later addition.