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.

Primsland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Droitwich

Historical Forms

  • Prymmes Lane 1456 VCHiii.79
  • Primsland Lane 17th Nash 18th

Etymology

This doubtless contains the pers. name Prime found occasionally in Wo in 1273 and 1327 (SR). There is a very doubtful OE  name Prim . v. Redin 34.