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.

Pickersom

Early-attested site in the Parish of North, Middle and South Littleton

Historical Forms

  • Picereshomme 709 BCS125 c.1200
  • Picereshamme c.860 KCD289(iii.396) c.1200
  • Pickersum Hill 1649 Surv

Etymology

Cf. Pixham in Powick supra 225 which is identical in origin.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement