Pedmore
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pedmore
Historical Forms
- Pevemore 1086 DB
- Pubemora 1176 P
- Pebb(e)more 1291 Ipm 1346 FA
- Pebemore 1212 Fees140
- Pedmore c.1270 LyttCh 1431 FA
- Pedmer 1275 SR
- Pebmore 1291 Ipm 1323 1327 SR
- Pobmore 1323 Ipm
- Pedemore 1406 Pat
- Pobbemore 1428 FA
Etymology
The first element in this name is probably the pers. name Pypba found in Peopleton, Pepwell and Pepper Wood supra 216, 245, 277. In addition to the assimilation to Pyppa there may have been another to Pybba which would account for the forms found here. For the interchange between b and d we may compare the history of Bedgrove (PN Bk 166), earlier Bebgrove . The process seems to be a species of dissimilation.