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 .