Pell Green, Little Pell and
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wadhurst
Historical Forms
- Pelle 15th SAC68,271
- Pell 1625 SRS14,16
- atte Pelle 1332 SR
Etymology
Pell Green, Little Pell and (6″ only) Great Pell, Pell Bridge, Pell Hill, Pellbottom, Pell Wood is Pelle 15th SAC 68, 271, Pell 1625 SRS 14, 16 and gave name to John atte Pelle (1332 SR). These names cover an area of half-a-mile or so in length and breadth, the land lying on the north and south of the stream called Hook Water, which is spanned by Pell Bridge. Probably this stream was once called Pell from pyll . That word is a mutated derivative of OE pull (and not a Celtic loan-word as suggested in EPN) and was probably used in a wider sense than is there suggested, perhaps of any small stream of water. Marple (Ch) is on a stream which divides Cheshire and Derbyshire and is Merpil (le ), Marpil in 13th cent. Eyre Rolls, Merpel in Earl Ranulf's charter, clearly with the same final element. Cf. also Chasepool (St), DB Catespelle , 1251 Ch Chacepel and atte Pelle in Hawkhurst (K) 1327SR .Pell is still used in Sussex of 'a broad shallow piece of water' (Parish). Cf. 'the Pells' at Lewes.