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.

Pircote Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Old Swinford

Historical Forms

  • Piricote, Pyricote 1270 Ct c.1295 Wigorn
  • Pirecock 1270 Ct
  • Pyr(e)cote 1291 Tax 1535 VE

Etymology

'Cottage by the pear-tree,' v. pyrige , cot .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement