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.

Purster Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brede

Historical Forms

  • Podesterif, Podesters 1279 Ass
  • Potesterf al. Pusterves 1374 BM
  • Poster 1428 Ct

Etymology

Purster Fm is Podesterif , Podesters 1279Ass , Podesterf 1296, Pasterne 1327, Posterne 1327 and 1332 SR (all p), Potesterf al. Pusterves 1374 BM, Poster 1428Ct (p), with the same second element as in Dixter infra 523. The first element is presumably the pers. name Pudda .