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.

Peaslake

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shere with Gomshall

Historical Forms

  • Pislake 1662,1683 Rental
  • Peaslick Bottom 1749 B

Etymology

Peaslake is Pysshelake , Pysshelakemede t. Hy 5, Pyschelake , Pys (s )helake t. Ed 4Ct , Pislake 1662, 1683Rental , Peaslick Bottom 1749 B. 'Stream by which peas grow,' v. pise , lacu .Words in pis - often become euphemistically pish -, cf. EDDs. vv .