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.

Pinfields Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bromsgrove

Historical Forms

  • Pyntonfyldes 1547 Pat

Etymology

This must have taken its name from the lost Pinton in Alvechurch. Pinfields Wood is on the boundary of Cofton, but at one time that was part of Alvechurch.