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.

Pendock

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pendock

Historical Forms

  • Peonedoc, Penedoc 875 BCS541–2 11th
  • Penedoc 967 BCS1208 11th EveA c.1086 1190
  • Pe(o)nedoc 1086 DB
  • Penedoch c.1086 EveB 1190
  • Penedo(c)k 1275 SR
  • Pendoke 1327 SR

Etymology

It is difficult to make any suggestion with reference to this name. If the first element contains the Welsh  pen , head, Professor Ekwall would parallel the curious forms Peonnan , Peonnum for Pen Selwood and Peonho for Pinhoe in the ASC, as examples of the same OE  eo for e .

Places in the same Parish