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.
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Croome Perry Wood
Croome Perry Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Pirton
Historical Forms
Pyrie
1327
SR
Perywode
15th
VCHiv.181
Etymology
'Pear-tree wood,'
v.
pyrige
.
Places in the same Parish
Major Settlement
Pirton