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.

Lower Penn Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hilmarton

Etymology

Lower Penn Fm. Cf. Penne c. 1250Rental , la Penne 1256 FF, 1279Ass (p), 1369MinAcct , Penne juxta Calne 1438FF , Beveresbrokes penne 1357GDR , Pennemersh 1386 Cl, Pen 1704 WM xxiv. See Pen Hill supra 34.