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.

Perry Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke Bliss

Historical Forms

  • la Pyrie, La Pirie 1303 Heref 1322 Kyre
  • ate Pirie de Stoke Bles 1365 Heref
  • The Pyrry 1574 Kyre

Etymology

v. pirige , 'pear-tree.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement