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.

Pleystowe Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Capel

Historical Forms

  • (la) Pleystowe 1331 Penshurst 1446 Norfolk
  • Playstowe 1554 FF
  • Pleistoe 1587 Norfolk
  • Plestore 1596 Musters
  • Plaistowe 1597 Norfolk
  • ate Pleystowe 1332 SR

Etymology

Pleystowe Fm is (la ) Pleystowe 1331 Penshurst, 1446Norfolk , Playstowe 1554FF , Pleistoe 1587Norfolk , Plestore 1596 Musters, Plaistowe 1597Norfolk , and was the home of Robert ate Pleystowe (1332 SR). 'Place of play or where sports or games were held,' v. plegstow . For the 1596 form cf. Plaster Down (PN D 249).