Pinton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Alvechurch
Historical Forms
- Pynitone, Pinyton 1244 FF 1317,1340 Pat
- Pynintone 1299 RBB 18th
- Peenton c.1300 EcclVar
- Pentonʒelde 1408 EcclVar
Etymology
'Pinna's farm,' v. ingtun . The pers. name Pinna is not on record before the Conquest but occurs in the Inquisitio Eliensis as the name of a juror in Radfield Hundred (C); in two MSS it is written Pinna and in one Pinnæ . The strong form Pin occurs in the Gloucester DB as the name of a pre-Conquest holder of Hackpen and the name must be found in Pinden (K), Pinindene in BCS 1322 and Pennicott (D), Pynnecote in 1274. Pinca is a diminutive of it and so is Pinnel , found in Pinnelesfeld (BCS 282). For -ʒelde v. Burcot in Bromsgrove infra 338.