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.

Penduck Shaw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blechingley

Historical Forms

  • Pynnockeshelde juxta Blessyngelegh 1294 Ass

Etymology

Penduck Shaw (6″) is Pynnockeshelde juxta Blessyngelegh 1294Ass , Pynnokshyll 1505, Pennox Hill 1680, Pendix Hill 1761, Penduck Shaw 1841 LBl. This seems to have been originally 'Pinnoc 's slope or hillside.' v. hielde . Cf. Pinksmoor in Wellington (So), Pinnockesmore 1185 Buckland.