Puthall Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Bedwyn
Historical Forms
- puttan.ealh 778 BCS225
- Putehal(e) 1201 Cur
- Puttehale 1229 Pat 1257 For 1325 Cl 1331 Stowe
- Pittehala 1177 P
- Puttenhall 1260 FF
- Pottenhale 1306 AD 1327 SR
- Puttenhale 1321 Ass 1324 Misc 1327 Banco
- Puttel(l) 1674 Recov 1736 ParReg
Etymology
'Putta 's angle or corner of land,' v. healh . Cf. Puttenham (PN Sr 209). Ekwall (Studies , 91–2) would take some of these names to be derived from an unrecorded OE putta , 'hawk.'