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.

Poislands

Early-attested site in the Parish of Upton Warren

Historical Forms

  • Pyes Deane 1650 Surv
  • Piezlands c.1830 O

Etymology

This is probably from the family name Pye rather than from the bird. Walter le Pye and Thomas Pye are on record in 1275 (SR) in Bromsgrove and Hartlebury respectively.

Places in the same Parish