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.

Pirton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pirton

Historical Forms

  • Pyritune 972 BCS1282 c.1050
  • Peritune 1086 DB
  • Piritune 1086 EveB c.1190
  • Perintona c.1086 EveA 1190
  • Periton(a) 1175 P 1275 SR
  • Pyriton, Piriton Power 1327 SR 1333 Bodl38 1352 Ch 1411 IpmR
  • Puriton, Puryton 1316 Ipm 1482 IpmR
  • Pyrton 1523 BM
  • Puher in 1176 (RBE)

Etymology

'Pear-tree farm,' v. pyrige , tun . This estate was held by Walter Ponther in DB and by Hugh Puher in 1176 (RBE).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site