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.

Pelsham Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Peasmarsh

Historical Forms

  • Ped(e)lesham c.1200 Pens 1279 Ass 1296 SR
  • Ped(e)lisham 1327 SR 1331 Add
  • Ped(e)lishamme t.Ed1 HMCv,507
  • Petelesham c.1200 Pens
  • Petlesham 1304 HMCv,503
  • Puddelesham 1279 Ass
  • Pylsham 1392 Ct
  • Pelsome 1724 B

Etymology

'Pydel 's ham(m).' Cf. Piddingworth supra 302.