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.

Pitton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Farley and Pitton

Historical Forms

  • Putenton' 1165 P
  • Putteton 1267 WIpm
  • Putton(e) 1198 Fees 1211 RBE 1402 FA
  • Putton(e) juxta Farlegh 1310 Ass
  • Putton alias Pitton 1726 Recov

Etymology

'Putta 's farm' or 'hawk's farm,' v. tun and Puthall supra 335–6. For the modern vowel, v. Introd. xx.

Places in the same Parish